Jeremiah 18 · Verse 2

Jeremiah 18:2

Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jeremiah 18:2, King James Version

Jeremiah 18:2 in other translations

BSB“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”
WEB“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
ASVArise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
YLTRise, and thou hast gone down to the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
DARBYArise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
BBEUp! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
WebsterArise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

What does Jeremiah 18:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jr 18:1-23. God, as the Sole Sovereign, Has an Absolute Right to Deal with Nations According to Their Conduct towards Him; Illustrated in a Tangible Form by the Potter's Moulding of Vessels from Clay.

2. go down--namely, from the high ground on which the temple stood, near which Jeremiah exercised his prophetic office, to the low ground, where some well-known (this is the force of "the") potter had his workshop.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 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. In considering this parable we must take heed that in running parallels we do not destroy the free agency of man, nor disgrace the goodness and supremacy of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 18:1-10

God's power over his creatures is represented by the potter. (Jr 18:1-10) The Jews exhorted to repentance, and judgments foretold. (Jr 18:11-17) The prophet appeals to God. (Jr 18:18-23) Verses 1-10 While Jeremiah looks upon the potter's work, God darts into his mind two great truths. God has authority, and power, to form and fashion kingdoms and nations as he pleases. He may dispose of us as he thinks fit; and it…

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Jeremiah 18:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ק֥וּםkumariseH6965
וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ve.ya.rad.Taand you will go downH3381
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַיּוֹצֵ֑רhai.yo.Tzerthe potterH3335
וְשָׁ֖מָּהve.Sha.mahand there <towards>H8033
אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥'ash.mi.'a.KhaI will cause to hear youH8085
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּבָרָֽי\׃de.va.Raiwords myH1697

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Cross references for Jeremiah 18:2

  • Hebrews 1:1

    God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

  • Acts 9:6

    And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

  • Jeremiah 23:22

    But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

  • Jeremiah 19:1-2

    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; And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

  • Ezekiel 4:1-5

    Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. …

  • Jeremiah 13:1

    Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

  • Isaiah 20:2

    At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  • Amos 7:7

    Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3396. B.C. 608. and go.
13:1; 19:1,2; Isa 20:2; Eze 4:1-5:1; Am 7:7; Heb 1:1
cause.
23:22; Ac 9:6

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Context

  • Jeremiah 18:1

    The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jeremiah 18:2

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

  • Jeremiah 18:3

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

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Jeremiah 18:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Levántate, y vete á casa del alfarero, y allí te haré oir mis palabras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lève-toi, et descends dans la maison du potier, et là je te ferai entendre mes paroles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mache dich auf und gehe in das Haus des Töpfers hinab, und daselbst werde ich dich meine Worte hören lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Surge, et descende in domum figuli, et ibi audies verba mea.