Jeremiah 18:1-2

An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery

18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 1  18:2 “Go down at once 2  to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.” 3 

1 tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:” This same formula occurs ten other times in Jeremiah. It has already occurred at 7:1 and 11:1.

2 tn Heb “Get up and go down.” The first verb is not literal but is idiomatic for the initiation of an action. See 13:4, 6 for other occurrences of this idiom.

3 tn Heb “And I will cause you to hear my word there.”