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Jeremiah 19:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 19:1

Verse 1 of 15

Scripture focus

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and [take] of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

Jeremiah 19:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 19:1

Theological / Devotional

Thus saith the Lord. Since there are many points of similarity between this chapter and ch. 7, many commentators have assumed that the two discourses Jeremiah here delivers belong to the early part of Jehoiakim’s reign. The close connection between the events of this chapter and those of chs. 25, 20, and 36 respectively, indicates that the events of ch. 19 likely occurred during the fourth year of Jehoiakim, probably 605/04 B.C. (see PK 432).

Go and get. Literally, “Go and buy.”

Ancients. Literally, “elders,” that is, the senior representatives of both civil and ecclesiastical leaders.

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