Jeremiah 18:3

"“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”"

Key Reflection

This verse instructs Jeremiah to seek divine guidance through a visual lesson in humility and the sovereignty of God's purpose. By observing the potter at work, Jeremiah learns that just as clay can be reshaped or discarded according to the potter’s will, so too are human lives molded by God’s hand.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The wheels -literally, “the two wheels.” The lower one was worked by the feet to give motion to the upper one, which was a flat disc or plate of wood, on which the potter laid the clay, and moulded it with his fingers as it revolved rapidly.

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