Jeremiah 18:2 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 18:2

“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”

BSB

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ASV

Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

KJV

Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Go down to the potter's house - By this similitude God shows the absolute state of dependence on himself in which he has placed mankind. They are as clay in the hands of the potter; and in reference to every thing here below, he can shape their destinies as he pleases. Again; though while under the providential care of God they may go morally astray, and pervert themselves, yet they can be reclaimed by the almighty and all-wise Operator, and become such vessels as seemeth good for him to make.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ק֥וּם	kum	arise	H6965 →
וְיָרַדְתָּ֖	ve.ya.rad.Ta	and you will go down	H3381 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר	hai.yo.Tzer	the potter	H3335 →
וְשָׁ֖מָּה	ve.Sha.mah	and there <towards>	H8033 →
אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥	'ash.mi.'a.Kha	I will cause to hear you	H8085 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דְּבָרָֽי׃	de.va.Rai	words my	H1697 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 1:1
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:20–21
  Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
- Numbers 12:6–8
  He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- Joel 2:28
  And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Luke 24:27
  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
- 1 Peter 1:10–12
  Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
Through
Acts 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
leads to
- Acts 22:10
  Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
Through
Isaiah 20:2
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 19:24
  Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
- Micah 1:8
  Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

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01Commentary

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah