Bible Commentary

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. 13. Ask ye now among the nations ] Cp. ch. Jer 2:10 f., Jer 5:30. the virgin of Israel ] The people collectively (see on Jer 4:11), tended with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:13”

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. 12. no hope ] It is too late to turn back now. See on Jer 2:25. stubbornness ] Cp. ch. Jer 3:17. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:12”

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 11. The direct application of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:11”

If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Verse 10. See Clarke on Jer 18:7. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible Speaking, Jer 18:9, and repenting, Jer 18:10, must be understood in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:10”

And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it]; Verse 9. See Clarke on Jer 18:7. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,…. By way of promise … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:9”

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 8. I will repent ] speaking after the manner of men. The sense is, I will alter my treatment, for among men change of conduct implies change of purpose. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:8”

[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it]; 7. At what instant ] lit. Suddenly. The same word occurs at the beginning of Jer 18:9. The rendering in the two cases probably is At one moment at another. (So … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:7”

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter’s hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. 6. “First of the prophets, Jeremiah proclaims distinctly what had been more or less implied throughout, that predictions were subject to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:6”

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. While he was in the potter’s house, and after he had observed his manner of working, and the change he had made in his work, the Lord spoke to him, and applied it in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:5”

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make [it]. 4. in the hand of the potter ] rather, as LXX, in his hands, thus avoiding harshness. “The potter” has doubtless crept into … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 18:4”