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Jeremiah 19:1

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¶ 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;

Thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068}, Go {H1980} and get {H7069} a potter's {H3335} earthen {H2789} bottle {H1228}, and take of the ancients {H2205} of the people {H5971}, and of the ancients {H2205} of the priests {H3548};

ADONAI then said, "Go; buy a clay jar from the potter; take some of the people's leaders and some of the leading cohanim;

This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 8:11 (4 votes)

    And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

  • Ezekiel 8:12 (4 votes)

    Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

  • Jeremiah 18:2 (3 votes)

    Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

  • Jeremiah 18:4 (3 votes)

    And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make [it].

  • Isaiah 30:14 (3 votes)

    And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out of the pit.

  • Lamentations 4:2 (3 votes)

    The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

  • Numbers 11:16 (3 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.