COMMENTARY

Jeremiah 18:1-11
Jeremiah's parable of the potter. For the balance of this church year Lesson 1 will deal with the prophets. Today is the first in a series of three from Jeremiah. To help us understand these passages, a review of Jeremiah may be helpful. Jeremiah served as a prophet in Judah for forty years prior to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. He considered Babylonia to be an instrument of God to discipline and purify his people until they learned to be faithful to him. Consequently, he was a prophet of doom and was hated for it. Because he urged the people to surrender to Babylonia, he was considered a traitor and his life was threatened. Yet, he loved his people and Yahweh.

Genesis 15:1-6
Abraham believed God's promise that he would have a son and heir.

Wisdom 18:6-9 …