Jeremiah 18
| Jeremiah 18 | |
|---|---|
 Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS. Sassoon 1053, images 283-315. | |
| Book | Book of Jeremiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 24 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Jeremiah 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.[1][2]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 23 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3][4]
- 4QJera (4Q70): extant: verses 15-23
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
NKJV groups this chapter into:
- Jeremiah 18:1-11 = The Potter and the Clay
- Jeremiah 18:12-17 = God's Warning Rejected
- Jeremiah 18:18-23 = Jeremiah Persecuted
Verse 6
- "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the Lord.
- "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel![5]
- God as the potter and Israel as the clay "underscores God's complete control" (Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9);[6] The remolding of the clay to form a vessel fit for the potter "symbolizes God's action in reforming Israel."[7]
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Ulrich 2010, p. 568.
- ↑ Jeremiah 18:6
- ↑ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. p. 1107-1108 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
- ↑ The Nelson Study Bible 1997, p. 1258-1259.
Bibliography
- The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
External links
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