Jeremiah 19:1
Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
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
- This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
- KJV
- Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
- WEB
- Thus said the LORD, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;
- ASV
- Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter`s earthen bottle, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
- DARBY
- Thus saith Jehovah: Go and buy a potter's earthen flagon, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
- BLB
- Thus says YHWH: “Go and acquire [from] a potter a clay jar, and [take] some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,
- ÅB
- Så sa Herren: Gå og kjøp en pottemakerkrukke, og ta med deg noen av folkets eldste og av prestenes eldste,
- OTB
- Dette sier Herren: "Gå og kjøp en leirkrukke fra en pottemaker, og ta med noen av folkets eldste og noen av de eldste prestene.
- B1930
- Så sa Herren: Gå og kjøp en pottemakerkrukke, og ta med dig nogen av folkets eldste og av prestenes eldste,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 8:11–12
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:14
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:2–4
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Read in contextNumbers 11:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
Read in contextLamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Read in contextJeremiah 19:10–11
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
Read in context1 Chronicles 24:4–6
And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
Read in context2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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