Jeremiah 18

Jeremiah 18:1

THe word which came] Heb. was. as Chap. 16. 1.

Jeremiah 18:2

Arise, and go down] Or, go, simply as Isaiah 38:8. Chap. 22. 1.

to the potters house] Which seemeth to have been on the Southside of the citie. See Chap. 19. 2. & 31. 40.

there will I cause thee to heare my words] I will there further acquaint thee with my mind, upon what there thou shalt see; and tell thee, what thou shalt afterward tell others from me. So Chap. 4. 5, 15.

Jeremiah 18:3

I went down to the potters house] Or, went to it. as Vers. 2.

he wrought a work on the wheels] Or, frames. or, seats. Exodus 1:16.

Jeremiah 18:4

the vessel that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter] Or, that he made was marred as clay in the hand of the potter.

so he made it again another vessel] Heb. returned and made. as Genesis 26:18. Isaiah 6:13.

as seemed good to the potter] Heb. as was right in the eyes of the potter. Chap. 27. 5.

Jeremiah 18:5

the word of the LORD came to me] Ver. 1.

Jeremiah 18:6

cannot I do with you as this potter] Isaiah 45:9. Wisd. 15. 7. Romans 9:20.

as the clay is in the potters hand, so are ye in mine hand] And I have therefore power over you, to do with you, as I please, Isaiah 29:15-16.

Jeremiah 18:7

I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to pluck up, &c.] Commanding my prophets to denounce destruction against it, Chap. 1. 10.

Jeremiah 18:8

I will repent of the evill that I thought to do] Not that God repenteth, as man repenteth, Numbers 23:19. 1 Samuel 15:29. through oversight, or want of due foresight, or by altering his secret purpose: but he is said to repent, because he doth as men use to do when they repent, 1 Sam. 25. 33, 34. not putting in execution, what before he had denounced: so that repentance in man is a changing of the will; repentance in God is the willing of a change: and thus repentance in man causeth repentance in God: when man repenteth of his sinnes, God repenteth of the plague, Jon. 3. 10.

Jeremiah 18:9

I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to build and to plant it.] Acquainting them by my Prophets of such good things coming towards them, and to be conferred upon them, Chap. 28. 19.

Jeremiah 18:10

I will repent of the good, &c.] I will forbear to do, what by them I foretold and promised: such my promises being alwayes to be understood with a condition of constant obedience on their part required, unto whom they are made, Deut. 28. 1, 2, &c. 1 Samuel 2:30. & 1 Samuel 15:11.

Jeremiah 18:11

I frame evill against you] Heb. frame potter-like. Vers. 2. Genesis 2:7.

return ye now every one from his evill way] 2 Kings 17:13. Chap. 7. 3. & 25. 5. & 35. 15. Yet escape ye may, if ye repent, return, and reforme, Chap. 3. 12. Ezekiel 18:21. & Ezekiel 33:11.

Jeremiah 18:12

There is no hope] Chap. 2. 25. & 13. 9.

we will walk after our own devices] As men desperately bent to revolt, and to their own self-will, Chap. 6. 16, 17. & 44. 16.

do the imagination] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 13. 10. & 16. 12.

Jeremiah 18:13

Ask ye now among the heathen] Chap. 2. 10.

the virgin of Israel] She that should have kept her self a pure virgin to God; unto whom she was espoused. Ezekiel 16:8. 2 Corinthians 11:2.

hath done a very horrible thing] Or, vile thing. Chap. 5. 30. & 23. 14.

Jeremiah 18:14

Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field] Or, will a man leave my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? Will any traveller be so mad, as to leave the plain, where he may travell at ease without hinderance, and climb over craggie hills and rocks through bushes and thickets covered with snow? as this people doth; who leave my service, which is easie and free; to serve idols, that require of them other manner of service, then I do. Deuteronomy 12:30. 31. 1 Kings 18:28. Chap. 19. 5. Vers. 15.

shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place, be forsaken] Or, shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters? Or, shall the cool running waters be forsaken for strange ones? Will a thirstie traveller, having cool running water at hand to slake his thirst, refuse it, and go to seek after other water in standing ponds, pools or puddles else-where? Or, will any man having fresh conduit water of his own at home, when he is athirst, go to seek strange water abroad? Proverbs 5:15. See the application, Chap. 2. 13. Vers. 15.

Jeremiah 18:15

my people hath forgotten me] Chap. 2. 13, 32. & 17. 13.

burnt incense to vanity] Chap. 10. 2, 15.

hey have caused them to stumble in their wayes] Their false prophets, and corrupt teachers, Malachi 2:8.

from the ancient paths] Heb. paths of antiquitie. or, eternitie. as Chap. 6. 16. The way of truth and life, that God long since directed them unto by his Law, Deuteronomy 4:1. & Deuteronomy 6:1. & Deuteronomy 28:9. Proverbs 2:13. James 5:20.

in paths, in a way not cast up] Heb. of a way not cast up. or, where no causey is. Isaiah 35:8.

Jeremiah 18:16

To make their land desolate] Chap. 19. 8. & 49. 13. and 50. 13.

a perpetuall hissing] Heb. an hissing of perpetuitie.

every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished] Or, so that every one that passeth thereby should be astonished.

and wag his head] In way of scorn and derision, Isaiah 37:22.

Jeremiah 18:17

I will] Or, That I should.

scatter them] Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:64. Chap. 4. 11. & 15. 7.

as with an east-wind] Isaiah 27:8.

I will] Or, that I should.

shew them the back, &c.] Heb. the neck. Chap. 48. 39. Dealing with thm, as they deal with me, 2 Chronicles 29:6. Ezekiel 8:16. Chap. 2. 27. & 32. 33.

Jeremiah 18:18

let us devise devices against Jeremiah] Chap. 11. 19.

for the law shall not perish from the priest] The Church cannot erre; the priests cannot but tell us the truth, and teach us the right; Malachi 2:7. John 7:48-49. and this Jeremiah therefore must needs be in the wrong, 1 King. 22. 13, 24. See Chap. 7. 4. and 20. 2.

let us smite him with the tongue] Or, for the tongue. as Genesis 18:28. Let us inform the rulers against him, and accuse him to them: for we shall be believed, Chap. 20. 10. Or, let us smite him and vex him for his preaching on this wise, Chap. 26. 8, 9.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall] Or, Should. Chap. 16. 20.

evill be recompensed for good] ?1 Samuel 24:17. Psalms 35:12. and Psalms 109:5.

they have digged a pit for my soul] They plot against me, to take my life from me, Psalms 35:7. A phrase of speech taken from the practice of those, that dig pits to take either wild beasts, or fowls in, Psalms 9:15. Ezekiel 19:4; Ezekiel 19:8. So Vers. 22.

remember] Chap. 15. 15.

I stood before thee] See Chap. 15. 1.

to speak good for them] Chap. 14. 11.

to turn away thy wrath from them] Psalms 106:23. Of the like imprecation, see Chap. 11. 20. & 15. 15. & 17. 18.

Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, &c.] Psalms 109:10.

poure out their bloud by the force of the sword] Heb. poure them out by the hands of the sword. Psalms 63:10. Ezekiel 35:5.

let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widowes] Psalms 109:9.

let their men be put to death] Heb. slain of death.

let their young men be slain by the sword in bat e] Let that befall them, that they intend against me. Vers. 23. Chap. 11. 22.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses] The cry of persons in perill of perishing, Chap. 20. 16.

when thou shalt bring a troup sudenly upon them] Of the Chaldeans and their complices, 2 Kings 24:2.

they have digged a pit to take me] Vers. 20. Psalms 57:6.

and hid snares for my feet] Psal. 141 9. & 142. 3.

Jeremiah 18:23

thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me] Heb. for death.

foive not their iniquitie] Nehem. 4. 4, 5. Psalms 59:5.

neither blot out their sinne from thy sight] Psal. 109. 14, 15.

let them be overthrown] Heb. made to stumble. Vers. 15.