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Jeremiah 18:2

Jeremiah 18:2
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then I went down to the potter's house,.... He did as the Lord commanded him; he was obedient to the divine will; he went to hear what the Lord had to say to him there, and to observe such things,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

House - i. e., workshop. The clay-field where the potters exercised their craft lay to the south of Jerusalem just beyond the valley of Hinnom. Compare Zec 11:13; Mat 27:10.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 18:1-10

The prophet is here sent to the potter's house (he knew where to find it), not to preach a sermon as before to the gates of Jerusalem, but to prepare a sermon, or rather to receive it ready prepared.…