Jeremiah 18:3 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 18:3

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

BSB

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ASV

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

KJV

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then I went down to the potter's house,.... He did as the Lord commanded him; he was obedient to the divine will; he went to hear what the Lord had to say to him there, and to observe such things, from whence he might learn instruction for himself and others: and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels; the Targum renders it "upon a seat"; or "his seats", as Junius and Tremellius; but it signifies not the instrument on which the potter sat while he worked, but that on which he did his work.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The wheels - literally, “the two wheels.” The lower one was worked by the feet to give motion to the upper one, which was a flat disc or plate of wood, on which the potter laid the clay, and moulded it with his fingers as it revolved rapidly.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

On the upper the potter moulded the clay into what shapes he pleased. They are found represented in Egyptian remains. In Ex 1:16 alone is the Hebrew word found elsewhere, but in a different sense.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֵרֵ֖ד	va.'e.Red	and I went down	H3381 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר	hai.yo.Tzer	the potter	H3335 →
וְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא	ve.hi.neh-hu'	and there!-he	H2009 →H1931 →
עֹשֶׂ֥ה	'o.Seh	[was] doing	H6213 →
מְלָאכָ֖ה	me.la.Khah	work	H4399 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃	ha.'a.ve.Na.yim	the stones	H70 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
John 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
leads to
- Matthew 12:50
  For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
- 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- James 2:23
  And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- John 14:21
  Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 14:15
  If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Through
Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went…
leads to
- Psalms 139:7–12
  Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- Joshua 19:46
  Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
Through
Acts 26:19
So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
leads to
- Isaiah 50:5
  The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Jeremiah