Yēlìmǐshū 18:4

4 Yáo jiàng yòng ní zuò de qìmǐn , zaì tā shǒu zhōng zuò huaì le , tā yòu yòng zhè ní Lìng zuò biéde qìmǐn . yáo jiàng kàn zĕnyàng hǎo , jiù zĕnyàng zuò .

Yēlìmǐshū 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:4

And the vessel that he made of clay
Which is the matter the vessel is made of: was marred in the hand of the potter;
while he was working it; either it fell, as the Septuagint version renders it, out of his hands, or from the beam on which it was laid; or was spoiled by some means or other, so that it was not fit for the purpose he first intended it: or the words should be read, according to some copies, "and the vessel was marred which he made, as clay in the hand of the potter" ^F18; while it was clay; or moist, as Jarchi interprets it; and while it was in his hands, forming and fashioning it: so he made it again another vessel;
put it into another form and shape it would better serve: as seemed good to the potter to make [it];
just as he pleased, and as his judgment in his art directed him; he having power over the clay to mould it as he would, and as it best answered so to do.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (ruwyh dyb rmxk hve awh rva ylkh txvnw) "sed corruptum est vas quod ille ficiens (erat) sicud lutum (solet) in manu figuli", Schmidt, Montanus. So Abarbinel; and thus it is read in the margin of our Bibles.

Yēlìmǐshū 18:4 In-Context

2 Nǐ qǐlai , xià dào yáo jiàng de jiā lǐ qù , wǒ zaì nàli yào shǐ nǐ tīng wǒde huà .

3 Wǒ jiù xià dào yáo jiàng de jiā lǐ qù , zhēng yù tā zhuǎn lún zuò qìmǐn .

4 Yáo jiàng yòng ní zuò de qìmǐn , zaì tā shǒu zhōng zuò huaì le , tā yòu yòng zhè ní Lìng zuò biéde qìmǐn . yáo jiàng kàn zĕnyàng hǎo , jiù zĕnyàng zuò .

5 Yēhéhuá de huà jiù líndào wǒ shuō ,

6 Yēhéhuá shuō , Yǐsèliè jiā a , wǒ dāi nǐmen , qǐbù néng zhào zhè yáo jiàng lòng ní ma . Yǐsèliè jiā a , ní zaì yáo jiàng de shǒu zhōng zĕnyàng , nǐmen zaì wǒde shǒu zhōng yĕ zĕnyàng .