Jeremiah 18:1-11

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  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • "Providence and the Mandate of Heaven," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
  • II.24, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 208)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  • The Potter and the Clay (Jeremiah 18:1-6): sermon by George Whitefield.
  • From Wesley's Notes.
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • Jeremiah 18:1-11, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Jeremiah 18:1-11, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
  • Commentary by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute.
    • "But the sobering aspect of this passage is that, for whatever reason, the people have set their own will God's will.  And as the potter metaphor has made clear, it will be the potter that has the last word in such a circumstance."
  • "At the Potter's House," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
  • "Thou Shalt Break Them..." Expository Essay, Dr. William R. Long.
    • "Jeremiah urges me to look for divine lessons from the common activities of life, to listen for a second word from God, to try to discern meaning in the historical course of events before us."
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  • Avioz, Michael, "The Call for Revenge in Jeremiah's Complaints," Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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  • Biddle, Mark E., "Contingency, God, and the Babylonians: Jeremiah on the Complexity of Repentance," Review and Expositor, 2004. (See also Jeremiah, issue focus of Review and Expositor, 2004.)
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  • Fretheim, Terence E., "'I Was Only a Little Angry,' Divine Violence in the Prophets," Interpretation, 2004. (See esp. section beginning on page 374) (See also entire issue: Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
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  • Pohl, Christine, "Life and Death Choices," The Christian Century, 2001.
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  • Waltersdorff, Christy Jo, "Centering the Clay," Brethren Life and Thought, 2005.
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• Sermons:
  • "Reworking the Clay," the Rev. Steve Yamaguchi, Day 1, 2001.
• Reviews:
• With Children:
  • "Shaped by God," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
  • "Clay In the Potter's Hand," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
• Drama:
  • "The Pottery, Pliable," Glenn A. Hascall, dramatix.
  • "Potter," Matthew Pole, Christian Drama and Mime.
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