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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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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 18:2
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 18:2
19th Century
Bishop
The potter’s house. —The place was probably identical with the potter’s field of Zechariah 11:13, the well-known spot whe…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 18:1–6
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Jeremiah 18:2
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 18:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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…