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Jeremiah 18:1-2
New English Translation
Jeremiah 18:1-2
New English Translation
An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery
18 The Lord said to Jeremiah:[a] 2 “Go down at once[b] to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.”[c]
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- Jeremiah 18:1 tn Heb “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:” This same formula occurs ten other times in Jeremiah. It has already occurred at 7:1 and 11:1.
- Jeremiah 18:2 tn Heb “Get up and go down.” The first verb is not literal but is idiomatic for the initiation of an action. See 13:4, 6 for other occurrences of this idiom.
- Jeremiah 18:2 tn Heb “And I will cause you to hear my word there.”
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