Jeremiah 18
Jeremiah 18 | |
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Book | Book of Jeremiah |
Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
Order in the Hebrew part | 6 |
Category | Latter Prophets |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 24 |
Jeremiah 18 is the eighteenth
Text
The original text of this chapter is written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 23 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[2] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera (4Q70; 225-175 BCE[3][4]) with extant verses 15–23.[5][6]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[7]
Parashot
The parashah (plural parashot) sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[8] Jeremiah 18 is a part of the Seventh prophecy (Jeremiah 18-20) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.
- {P} 18:1-4 {S} 18:5-6 {S} 18:7-8 {S} 18:9-10 {S} 18:11-12 {P} 18:13-17 {S} 18:18-23 {S}
Verse 6
- "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the Lord.
- "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel![9]
- God as the potter and Israel as the clay "underscores God's complete control" (Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9).[10]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Diamond, A. R. (1987), The Confessions of Jeremiah in Context, JSOTSup 45, Sheffield
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ^ Cross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55
- ISSN 0940-4155.
- ISBN 9780802862419. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ISBN 9789004181830. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
- ^ Jeremiah 18:6
- ISBN 9780195288810.
Bibliography
- The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
- ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.