What Does Jeremiah 18:4 Mean?

“was marred”

to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

“And the vessel”

something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“so he made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“of clay”

properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure

“in the hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“of the potter”

to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)

“it again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“so he made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“And the vessel”

something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

“another”

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“good”

to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

“as seemed”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“of the potter”

to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)

“so he made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application