Jeremiah 19:1-12 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 19 In this chapter is foreshadowed, represented, and confirmed, the destruction of Jerusalem, by the breaking of a potter's vessel the prophet ha
Jeremiah 19:1 1 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. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Jeremiah 18:23 NEXT Jeremiah 19:2 Jeremiah 19:1 Meaning and Commentary Jeremiah 19:1 Thus ...
for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.” 19The cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judahwill be carried into exile, carried completely away. Read full chapter Living Bible(TLB) ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThis is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.New Living TranslationThis is what the LORD said to me: “...
Christians often quote this scripture alone, without reading the whole chapter or book. If we understand its historical and literary context within the book of Jeremiah, however, we may discover that it takes on a deeper meaning — one that's more relevant and even more powerful for our liv...
Jeremiah 33:1 sn The introductory statement here ties this incident in with the preceding chapter, which was the first time that the Lord spoke to him about the matters discussed here. There is no indication of how much time passed between the two incidents, though it appears that the situat...
I still think of my friend several times a day. He’s been gone since the first week of November, and it doesn’t feel like it’s been almost four months. I can’t bring myself to look at a photo of him. I wrote a chapter about him in my premature memoirs (which he read) th...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThis is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,New Living TranslationThis is what the LORD says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom...
If you’re not familiar with the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, go ahead and read all of Daniel chapter 3. Then pick up reading this blog post again. Daniel 3:19-25 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He...
Finally, the Baird book said Hawken barrels (like most barrels of the time, I think) were made of "dead iron," meaning very soft wrought iron. Since childhood, I have had a book by Stewart Edward White about Daniel Boone. The author devoted a whole chapter to a discussion of the rifle...