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Jeremiah 18:3

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

4 But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
KJV
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
WEB
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
ASV
Then I went down to the potter`s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
DARBY
And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
BLB
And I went down to the potter’s house, and behold—[he] was making a work at the wheel.
ÅB
Og jeg gikk ned til pottemakerens hus, og se, han gjorde sitt arbeid på skiven;
OTB
Så jeg gikk ned til pottemakerens hus, og jeg fant ham arbeide ved dreieskiven.
B1930
Og jeg gikk ned til pottemakerens hus, og se, han gjorde sitt arbeid på skiven;

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Cross references

  • John 15:14

    You are My friends if you do what I command you.

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  • Jonah 1:3

    Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

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  • Acts 26:19

    So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

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