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Jeremiah 18 — Sermon Preparation

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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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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.

Calvin 13 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1 George Whitefield 1

“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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