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Jeremiah 19:1

This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

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ASV

Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

KJV

Thus saith the Lord, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saidH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הָל֛וֹךְha.LokhgoH1980 →
וְקָנִ֥יתָve.ka.Ni.taand you will buyH7069 →
בַקְבֻּ֖קvak.Buka bottle ofH1228 →
יוֹצֵ֣רyo.Tzera potter ofH3335 →
חָ֑רֶשׂCha.researthenwareH2789 →
וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣יu.mi.zik.Neiand some of [the] elders ofH2205 →
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖יu.mi.zik.Neiand some of [the] elders ofH2205 →
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →

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Ezekiel 8:11–12Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.Jeremiah 18:2–4“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”Isaiah 30:14It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”Lamentations 4:2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.Ezekiel 8:11Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.Hosea 12:10I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”Jeremiah 19:10–11Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,1 Chronicles 24:4–6Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.2 Kings 19:2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz2 Corinthians 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.Jeremiah 13:1This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”Jeremiah 19:10Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.Jeremiah 32:14“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.Jeremiah 26:17Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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