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Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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A Divine Object Lesson
Commentators note the significance of when God speaks. The 'word of the Lord' comes to Jeremiah immediately after he observes the potter. God used this vivid, real-world illustration to make His subsequent message about His sovereignty more powerful and memorable for a people who had grown careless.
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Jeremiah
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying . ] While he was in the potter's house, and after he had observed his m…
Presbyterian
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he shows the obstinacy of the people themselves as if through experience:
