Jeremiah 18:3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
‖Then I went downe to the potters house, and behold, hee wrought a worke on the wheeles.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, frames or seates.
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3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
3But Ionah rose vp to flee vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the LORD, and went downe to Ioppa, and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he payed the fare thereof, and went downe into it, to goe with them vnto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
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Jeremiah 18:3
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Worked, laboured, acted, made, formed, fashioned, performed, produced, or brought about.
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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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Sense 1: Circular frames or bodies turning on axles. Sense 2: The moving parts of carriages or machines.
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18:1THE word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
18:1¶ The word which came to Ieremiah from y e LORD saying,
18:2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
18:2Arise and go downe to the potters house, & there I will cause thee to heare my words.
18:3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
18:3‖Then I went downe to the potters house, and behold, hee wrought a worke on the wheeles.
Selected passage18:4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
18:4‖†And the vessell that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it againe another vessell as seemed good to the potter to make it.
18:5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18:5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18:6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
18:6*O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, saith the LORD? Behold, as the clay is in the potters hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
18:7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
18:7* At what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome, to plucke vp and to pull downe, and to destroy it.
18:8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
18:8*If that nation against whom I haue pronounced, turne from their euill, I will repent of the euill that I thought to doe vnto them.
18:9And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
18:9And at what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to build and to plant it;
18:10If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
18:10If it doe euill in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them.