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**Jeremiah's Twelfth Prophecy** (see book comments for Jeremiah). ****
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**the potter's house.** Note the lesson, set to Jeremiah there: that Jehovah never *mends* what man has *marred.* He always substitutes something *new.* The *interpretation* belongs to "THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL", and, that being "marred", the new "nation" is to be substituted. See [Matthew 21:43](../../../kjv/matthew/21/43) . Compare [Romans 11:7](../../../kjv/romans/11/7) . [Ezekiel 36:25-28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/25-28) . The *application* belongs to:
(1) THE COVENANT ([Deuteronomy 6:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/25) ), but it was marred ([Jeremiah 31:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/32) ): for the *New* Covenant, see [Hebrews 8:7-13](../../../kjv/hebrews/8/7-13) .
(2) ORDINANCES, marred ([Isaiah 1:11-14](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/11-14) ); *new* ([Hebrews 10:6-9](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/6-9) . [Colossians 2:14](../../../kjv/colossians/2/14) , [Colossians 2:17](../../../kjv/colossians/2/17) . [Galatians 1:4](../../../kjv/galatians/1/4) , [Galatians 1:3](../../../kjv/galatians/1/3) , [Galatians 1:8-11](../../../kjv/galatians/1/8-11) ).
(3) PRIESTHOOD ([Hebrews 7:11-28](../../../kjv/hebrews/7/11-28) ).
(4) KING ([2 Samuel 7:12-16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/12-16) ). Compare [Psalms 72](../../../kjv/psalms/72) .[Isaiah 9:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/6) ; [Isaiah 11:1-9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/1-9) ; [Isaiah 32:1-8](../../../kjv/isaiah/32/1-8) . [Luke 1:31-33](../../../kjv/luke/1/31-33) .
(5) MAN, marred ([Genesis 3](../../../kjv/genesis/3) , [Romans 8:7](../../../kjv/romans/8/7) . Rom 17:9 . [Psalms 14:2](../../../kjv/psalms/14/2) ; [2 John 1:3](../../../kjv/2-john/1/3); [2 John 1:3](../../../kjv/2-john/1/3)[2 John 1:3](../../../kjv/2-john/1/3) :6 ); *new* ([2 Corinthians 5:17](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/17) , [2 Corinthians 5:18](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/18) ).
(6) THE BODY, marred ([Genesis 3](../../../kjv/genesis/3) , [Hebrews 9:27](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/27) ); the *new* ( 1Co 15:35 , [1 Corinthians 15:44](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/44) , [1 Corinthians 15:46](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/46) , [1 Corinthians 15:47](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/47) ).
(7) THE HEAVEN AND EARTH, marred ([Genesis 3](../../../kjv/genesis/3) , [2 Peter 3:7](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/7) ); the *new* ([2 Peter 3:13](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/13) ). [Psalms 85:10](../../../kjv/psalms/85/10) , [Psalms 85:13](../../../kjv/psalms/85/13) .[Isaiah 65:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/17) , &c.
(8) THE CHURCH, marred ([2 Timothy 1:15](../../../kjv/2-timothy/1/15) (compare [Acts 19:10](../../../kjv/acts/19/10) ; [Acts 20:29](../../../kjv/acts/20/29) ); [Jeremiah 2:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/18) ; [Jeremiah 3:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/8) ; [Jeremiah 4:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/3) , [Jeremiah 4:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/4) ); *new* ([Ephesians 2:20-22](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/20-22) ; [Ephesians 4:4](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/4) ).
**wrought** = was working.

**Jeremiah's Thirteenth Prophecy** (see book comments for Jeremiah). ****
**house of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 2:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/4) .
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle,
**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.*

**to pluck up** = to declare that it should be plucked up. Hebrew idiom. Compare [Jeremiah 1:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/10) .
**pull down.** Some codices, with two early printed editions and Syriac, read "tear away". Compare [Jeremiah 1:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/10) .

**evil** = calamity. Hebrew. *ra'a',* App-44 .
**I will repent.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*

**to build, &c.** = to declare that it should be built and planted.

**men** . Hebrew ish.
**I frame** = I work (as the potter in [Jeremiah 18:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/18/3) )

**imagination** = stubbornness.

**heathen** = nations.

**Will a man leave . . . ?** Note the Figure of speech *Erotesis* and the Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6) , and render:
"Will [a man] leave the snow [water] of Lebanon for the rock of the field?
Or, shall the cold flowing waters [be forsaken] for strange waters?
**snow:** i.e. snow [water], used for mixing with wine; or for washing, as in [Job 9:30](../../../kjv/job/9/30) .
**which cometh.** Omit, and supply the word "leave" in the second clause from the first clause.

**forgotten.** Showing that the emphasis is on the leaving and forsaking of [Jeremiah 18:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/18/14) .
**vanity.** Used of idols. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject).

**hissing.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), for the contempt felt.

**as.** Some codices, with five early printed editions, read "with", instead of "as".
**wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**in the day.** See App-18 .

**the law, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 10:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/11) ). App-92 .
**with the tongue** = with hard words. "Tongue" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for the hard words spoken by it.

**Shall . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* my soul = me (emphatic). Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-18 .

**children** = sons.

**troop** = marauders.

**their counsel.** See App-85 .
**forgive not.** See App-86 .
**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avon.* App-44 .
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .

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