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Jeremiah 18 — Sermon Preparation
The potter's control over the clay illustrates the Lord's sovereign right to reshape or break any nation according to its response to him. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 18, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 18 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָצַר | yâtsar | H3335 | 7 | mould, potter |
| רַע | raʻ | H7451 | 7 | bad, evil |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 5 | hear, tell |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 5 | word, matter |
| מַחֲשָׁבָה | machăshâbâh | H4284 | 3 | contrivance, texture |
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 4 | nation, a Gentile |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 4 | road, trodden |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“23. Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. 23. Et tu Jehovah nosti omnia consilia eorum super me in mortem; ne propitius sis (vel, placabilis) super iniquitate eorum, et peccatum eorum (vel, scelus eorum) a facie tua ne deleas (quidam existimant tmchy esse in kal, et y pont loco h,) et sint impingentes coram facie tua, in die excandescentiae tuae fac cum ipsis. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 2, on Jeremiah 18:23–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Jer 18:11
- Lebanon— Jer 18:14
- Mount Hermon— Jer 18:14
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