Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 18:3

"Then I went down to the potter`s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels." — Jeremiah 18:3 (ASV)

He wrought a work on the wheels. —Literally, the two wheels. The nature of the work is described more graphically in Ecclesiasticus 38:29-30. The potter sat moving one horizontal wheel with his feet, while a smaller one was used, as it revolved, to fashion the shape of the vessel he was making with his hands. The image had been already used of God’s creative work in Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:8.