Charles Ellicott Commentary 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 (ASV)

The potter’s house. —The place was probably identical with the potter’s field of Zechariah 11:13, the well-known spot where the workers in that craft carried on their business. The traditional Aceldama, the potter’s field of Matthew 27:7, is on the southern face of the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem. The soil is still a kind of clay suitable and used for the same purpose (Ritter, Palestine, iv. 165, English Translation). The purchase of the field to bury strangers in (Matthew 27:7) implies, however, that it was looked upon as a piece of waste ground, and that its use had been exhausted.