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Arise, and go down to the potter`s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
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A Real Place for a Real Lesson
Commentators note that God sent Jeremiah to a literal, physical place: a potter's workshop likely located south of Jerusalem. This was not a dream or a vision. Scholars like John Gill explain that God often uses tangible, real-world symbols to make His spiritual truths more vivid and understandable. The command grounds a profound theological lesson in an everyday, observable experience.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
House - that is, workshop. The clay-field where the potters exercised their craft lay to the south of Jerusalem just beyond the valley of Hi…
19th Century
Anglican
The potter’s house. —The place was probably identical with the potter’s field of Zechariah 11:13, the well-known spot whe…
16th Century
Protestant
The sum of what is taught here is that, as the Jews gloried in God’s singular favor—which, however, had been conferred on them for a different purp…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Arise, and go down to the potter's house Which, no doubt, was well known to the prophet; but where it was is not cer…
While Jeremiah observes the potter's work, God darts into his mind two great truths. God has authority, and power, to form and fashion kingdoms and…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he shows the obstinacy of the people themselves as if through experience:
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