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Jeremiah 18:3 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 18 · verse 3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.Jeremiah 18:3 · King James Version
Jeremiah 18:3 in context
1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4And 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.
5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- potter'syâtsarto mould into a formH3335 →
- wroughtʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- beholdhinnêhlo!H2009 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- workmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyshipH4399 →
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The prophet is here sent to the potter's house (he knew where to find it), not to preach a sermon as before to the gates of Jerusalem, but to prepare a sermon, or rather to receive it ready prepared. Those needed not to study their sermons that had them, as he had this, by immediate inspiration.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10