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Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. Then ask some of the leaders of the people and of the priests to follow you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, “Go, buy a potter’s earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and <i>take</i> of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: “Go and get a potter’s earthen flask, and <i>take</i> some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and <i>take</i> some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, &#8220Go and buy a potter&#8217s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and <i>take</i> some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and <i>take</i> some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Go, buy a potter’s clay jar. Take some of the elders of the people and some of the leading priests<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: &#8220Go, buy a potter&#8217s clay jar. Take some of the elders of the people and some of the leading priests<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD said: Jeremiah, go to the pottery shop and buy a clay jar. Then take along some of the city officials and leading priests <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus said the LORD, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD told me to go and buy a clay jar. He also told me to take some of the elders of the people and some of the older priests, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a potter's clay jug. Take along some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD told Jeremiah, "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Thus said the LORD, "Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take with you some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said YHWH: “Go, and you have acquired a potter’s earthen vessel, and from [the] elderly of the people, and from [the] elderly of the priests,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said Jehovah, 'Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah, Go and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and from the old men of the people and from the old men of the priests;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord: Go, and take a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord: “Go, and take a potter’s earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus said the LORD: Go, buy a potter’s earthenware flask. Take along some of the elders of the people and some of the priests,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said the LORD: Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jug. Take with you some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THUS said the LORD to me, Go and buy a potters earthen jug, and take with you some of the elders of the people and some of the elderly priests;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus said to me LORD JEHOVAH: “Go and buy a pitcher of a Potter and take with you some Elders of the people and some Elders of the Priests<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus said the LORD: Go, and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and thou shalt bring <i>some</i> of the elders of the people, and of the priests;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5579" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">The Broken Jar</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lō·wḵ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/7069.htm" title="7069: wə·qā·nî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to erect, i.e. Create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase; by implication to own.">and buy</a> <a href="/hebrew/2789.htm" title="2789: ḥā·reś (N-ms) -- Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd. A collateral form mediating between cherec and cheresh; a piece of pottery.">a clay</a> <a href="/hebrew/1228.htm" title="1228: ḇaq·buq (N-msc) -- A flask. From baqaq; a bottle.">jar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: yō·w·ṣêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">from a potter.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: ū·miz·ziq·nê (Conj-w, Prep-m:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">Take some of the elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: ū·miz·ziq·nê (Conj-w, Prep-m:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">and leaders</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">of the priests,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2-6</a></span><br />“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.” / So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel. / But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a></span><br />It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">2 Kings 19:1-2</a></span><br />On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD. / And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></span><br />Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20-21</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a></span><br />You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a></span><br />He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Ezekiel 18:31</a></span><br />Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7-10</a></span><br />After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. / That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. / Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a></span><br />But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10-11</a></span><br />Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ / Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4-5</a></span><br />Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-11.htm">Acts 4:11</a></span><br />This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">Ezekiel 37:11-14</a></span><br />Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’ / Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a></span><br />Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. / And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said 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;</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Jeremiah 19:10,11</a></b></br> Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2-4</a></b></br> Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Jeremiah 32:14</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.</p><p class="hdg">the ancients of the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-17.htm">Jeremiah 26:17</a></b></br> Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">1 Chronicles 24:4-6</a></b></br> And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and <i>thus</i> were they divided. 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In Hebrew, "LORD" is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. This introduction is a common prophetic formula, signifying that the message is not of human origin but from God Himself. It reminds us of the importance of listening to God's voice, as His words are life-giving and authoritative.<p><b>Go and buy a clay jar from a potter</b><br />The instruction to "go and buy" indicates a deliberate action that Jeremiah must undertake, symbolizing obedience to God's command. The "clay jar" or "earthenware flask" in Hebrew is "baqbuq," a vessel often used for storing liquids. This object becomes a powerful symbol in the narrative, representing the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The "potter" is a metaphor for God, the Creator, who shapes nations and individuals according to His will. This imagery is rich in biblical symbolism, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a>, where God is the potter and we are the clay. The act of purchasing the jar signifies the value and purpose God places on His creation, even when it is destined for destruction as a prophetic sign.<p><b>Take some of the elders of the people and some of the priests</b><br />The inclusion of "elders" and "priests" highlights the communal and religious leadership of Israel. Elders were respected leaders, often involved in decision-making and governance, while priests were responsible for spiritual guidance and temple rituals. By involving them, God ensures that the message is witnessed by those in positions of influence, emphasizing the seriousness of the prophecy. This gathering of leaders serves as a public testimony to the impending judgment, reinforcing the accountability of those who lead God's people. It also reflects the biblical principle that leaders bear a greater responsibility to heed God's warnings and guide their communities accordingly.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XIX.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">And get a potter's earthen bottle.</span>--The word for "get<span class= "ital">" </span>involves <span class= "ital">buying </span>as the process. The similitude--one might better call it, the parable dramatised--represents the darker side of the imagery of <a href="/context/jeremiah/18-3.htm" title="Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he worked a work on the wheels.">Jeremiah 18:3-4</a>. There the vessel was still on the potter's wheel, capable of being re-shaped. Now we have the vessel which has been baked and hardened. No change is possible. If it is unfit for the uses for which it was designed, there is nothing left but to break it. As such it became now the fit symbol of the obdurate people of Israel. Their polity, their nationality, their religious system, had to be broken up. The word for "vessel" indicates a large earthen jar with a narrow neck, the "cruse" used for honey in <a href="/1_kings/14-3.htm" title="And take with you ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell you what shall become of the child.">1Kings 14:3</a>. Its form, <span class= "ital">bakbuk, </span>clearly intended to represent the gurgling sound of the water as it was poured out, is interesting as an example of <span class= "ital">onomatop?ia </span>in the history of language.<p><span class= "bld">Take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests.</span>--The elders. and therefore the representatives of the civil and ecclesiastical rulers, were to be the witnesses of this acted prophecy of the destruction of all that they held most precious. The word "take" is not in the Hebrew, but either some such verb has to be supplied. or the verb "go" has to be carried on, "Let the ancients . . . go with thee."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A potter's earthen bottle</span>. Dr. Thomson speaks of the extreme cheapness and brittleness of the common pottery of Palestine (comp. <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The ancients of the people</span>. The natural popular representatives (comp. <a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/19-11.htm">2 Samuel 19:11</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1</a>; <a href="/1_kings/20-7.htm">1 Kings 20:7</a>). It was an announcement concerning the whole people that Jeremiah was about to make. <span class="cmt_word">The ancients of the priests</span> (comp. <a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm">2 Kings 19:2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֚ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Go,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָל֛וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·lō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">buy</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקָנִ֥יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qā·nî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7069.htm">Strong's 7069: </a> </span><span class="str2">To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a clay</span><br /><span class="heb">חָ֑רֶשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·reś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2789.htm">Strong's 2789: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">jar</span><br /><span class="heb">בַקְבֻּ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaq·buq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1228.htm">Strong's 1228: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bottle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from a potter.</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹצֵ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ṣêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Take some of the elders</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miz·ziq·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and leaders</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miz·ziq·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the priests,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hă·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 19:1 Thus said Yahweh Go and buy (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>