Jeremiah 19:1
The Lesson from the Broken Vessel
191 This is what the Lord says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests
Other Translations of Jeremiah 19:1
King James Version
The Lesson from the Broken Vessel
191 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;
English Standard Version
The Lesson from the Broken Vessel
191 Thus says the Lord, "Go, buy a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,
The Message
The Lesson from the Broken Vessel
191 God said to me, "Go, buy a clay pot. Then get a few leaders from the people and a few of the leading priests
New King James Version
The Lesson from the Broken Vessel
191 Thus says the Lord: "Go and get a potter's earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.
New Living Translation
The Lesson from the Broken Vessel
191 This is what the Lord said to me: "Go and buy a clay jar. Then ask some of the leaders of the people and of the priests to follow you.
Jeremiah 19:10
10 "Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,
Other Translations of Jeremiah 19:10
King James Version
10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
English Standard Version
10 "Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
The Message
10 "Say all this, and then smash the pot in front of the men who have come with you.
New King James Version
10 "Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
New Living Translation
10 "As these men watch you, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 19:10
Commentary on Jeremiah 19:10-15
(Read Jeremiah 19:10-15)
The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacrifices to his justice. Whatever men may think, God will appear as terrible against sin and sinners as the Scriptures state; nor shall the unbelief of men make his promise or his threatenings of no effect. The obstinacy of sinners in sinful ways, is their own fault; if they are deaf to the word of God, it is because they have stopped their ears. We have need to pray that God, by his grace, would deliver us from hardness of heart, and contempt of his word and commandments.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 19:1
Commentary on Jeremiah 19:1-9
(Read Jeremiah 19:1-9)
The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing to his mercy.