Jeremiah 18:5

5 And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},

Jeremiah 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] While he was in the potter's house, and after he had observed his manner of working, and the change he had made in his work, the Lord spoke to him, and applied it in the following manner.

Jeremiah 18:5 In-Context

3 So I went down [to] the house of the potter and look, there he was doing work at the potter's wheels.

4 And the vessel that he [was] making with the clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter, so {he made again} another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

5 And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},

6 "Like this potter, am I not able to do to you, O house of Israel?" {declares} Yahweh. "Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so [are] you in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to say"