Jeremiah 18:3

Modern

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

Traditional

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

Literal

And I went down to the potter’s house, and behold—he was making a work at the wheel.

Latin

Et descendi in domum figuli, et ecce ipse faciebat opus super rotam.

Hebrew

English

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

Jeremiah watched the potter shape a clay jar. The potter then crushed it and began again.

The Lord involved Jeremiah in a lesson using objects. What Jeremiah saw at the potter's shop symbolized what the Lord planned to do with Judah.

Theme notes and profiles

John 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Acts 26:19
So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.