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The Potter and the Clay

Jeremiah 18:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”
KJV
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
WEB
“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
ASV
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
LSV
“Rise, and you have gone down [to] the potter’s house, and there I cause you to hear My words”;
YLT
Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
DBY
Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
DRC
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
GNV
Arise, and go downe into the potters house, and there shall I shewe thee my words.
JPS
'Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear My words.'
LXXE
Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
ק֥וּם וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֖מָּה אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥ אֶת־דְּבָרָֽי׃
LXX-Br
ἀνάστηθι, καὶ κατάβηθι εἰς οἶκον τοῦ κεραμέως, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀκούσῃ τοὺς λόγους μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
  • Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Jeremiah 19:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate.…
  • Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
  • Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
  • Jeremiah 13:1This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
  • Amos 7:7This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
  • Ezekiel 4:1–5“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem. Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams…

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