Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 18:1

"The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying," — Jeremiah 18:1 (ASV)

The word which came to Jeremiah. —The message that follows comes in close sequence upon that of the preceding chapter, i.e., probably before the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim. It has the character of a last warning to king and people, and its rejection is followed in its turn by the more decisive use of the same symbol in Jeremiah 19:0.