Jeremiah 18:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
BSB
ASV
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
KJV
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. The word of prophecy, as the Targum: this is a distinct prophecy from the former, though it may be connected with it; it referring to the destruction threatened in the latter part of the preceding chapter.
In the first prophecy of the series Jer. 18, the fate of Jerusalem was still undetermined; a long line of kings might yet reign there in splendor, and the city be inhabited forever. This was possible only so long as it was still undecided whether Josiah’s efforts would end in a national reformation or not, and before Jehoiakim threw the weight of the kingly office into the opposite balance. In the present prophecy mercy is still offered to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but they reject it Jer 18:11-
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
