Jeremiah • Chapter 18 (23 verses)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jerusalem , Lebanon .
Old Testament • 52 Chapters
Jeremiah (Old Testament, 52 chapters). Key figures: Hilkiah , Benjamin , Josiah , Amon , Judah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ). Key places: Anathoth , Jerusalem , Egypt , Baal , Kittim , Kedar . Opens with: "The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah , of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin :..."
to act vanity, become futile
To become empty, follow idols into delusion; 'they followed vanity and became vain' (2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.
good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness
Primary meaning: good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Strong's: "good" (in any sense, often as noun). Lexical nuances: in general, good , in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to produce pleasure and satisfaction, . . . that which, in itself good, is also at once for the good and the advantage of him who comes in contact with it" (Cremer, 3): γῆ , Lk 8:8 ; δένδρον , Mt 7:18 ; καρδία , Lk 8:15 ; δόσις , Ja...
Derivation: a primary word;
hope, expectation, cord
Hope, patient expectation; literally cord (Rahab's scarlet cord, Joshua 2:18); assurance grounded in God's faithfulness ('future and a hope', Jeremiah 29:11).
Derivation: From קָוָה (H6960) to wait, bind.
Interactive 3D Archaeological Tell • Joshua 10:31 & 2 Kings 18:14
3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish (Tel Lachish)—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem , besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC ( Jeremiah 34:7 ).
Acts • Chapter 18 (28 verses)
After these things Paul departed from Athens , and came to Corinth ; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus , lately come from Italy , with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome :) and came unto them. And because he was of ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Athens , Corinth , Pontus , Italy , Rome .
John • Chapter 18 (40 verses)
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, hav... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Judas, Simon , Nazareth .
Luke • Chapter 18 (43 verses)
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jerusalem , Jericho , Nazareth .
Matthew • Chapter 18 (35 verses)
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus , saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not e... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.
Revelation • Chapter 18 (24 verses)
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of eve... Mentions: Babylon .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (17 verses)
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath ,... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Solomon , Esau ( Edom ), Gath , Zobah , Hamath , Euphrates .
1 Kings • Chapter 18 (46 verses)
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria . And Ahab called Obadiah , wh... Mentions: Obadiah , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Samaria , Carmel , Kishon , Jezreel 2 .
1 Samuel • Chapter 18 (30 verses)
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul , that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David , and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. Then Jonathan and David made... Mentions: Saul, Jonathan, David, Jacob/Israel , Judah .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (34 verses)
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria . And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth –... Mentions: Jehoshaphat , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Samaria , Ramoth 3 , Syria .
2 Kings • Chapter 18 (37 verses)
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Abi, the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Ahaz , Judah , David , Jerusalem , Assyria , Gaza , Samaria , Halah .
2 Samuel • Chapter 18 (33 verses)
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah , Joab's brother, and a third p... Mentions: David, Zeruiah , Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Ahimaaz .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 18 (22 verses)
The priests the Levites , and all the tribe of Levi , shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel : they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath... Mentions: Levi , Jacob/Israel , Horeb .
Exodus • Chapter 18 (27 verses)
When Jethro, the priest of Midian , Moses ' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses , and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt ; Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, And her two ... Mentions: Midian , Moses, Jacob/Israel, Gershon ( Gershom ), Eliezer , Egypt .
Ezekiel • Chapter 18 (32 verses)
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel , saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
Genesis • Chapter 18 (33 verses)
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And s... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Mamre , Sodom , Gomorrah .
Isaiah • Chapter 18 (7 verses)
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; ... Mentions: Ethiopia , Zion .
Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)
In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .
Jeremiah • Chapter 2 (37 verses)
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem , saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holin... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Baal , Judah , Jerusalem , Egypt , Kittim , Kedar .
Jeremiah • Chapter 3 (25 verses)
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Lift up thine eyes unto the high... Mentions: Josiah , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zion , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 4 (31 verses)
If thou wilt return, O Israel , saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in h... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Ephraim , Jerusalem , Zion .
Jeremiah • Chapter 5 (31 verses)
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem , and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear fa... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jerusalem .
Jeremiah • Chapter 6 (30 verses)
O ye children of Benjamin , gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem , and blow the trumpet in Tekoa , and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate ... Mentions: Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Tekoa , Zion , Sheba .
Jeremiah • Chapter 7 (34 verses)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah , that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel , Amend... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Ephraim , Shiloh , Jerusalem , Egypt .
Jeremiah • Chapter 8 (22 verses)
At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah , and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem , out of their graves: And they shall spread them before the... Mentions: Judah , Dan , Jerusalem , Zion , Gilead .
Jeremiah • Chapter 9 (26 verses)
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Ammon , Moab , Jerusalem , Zion , Egypt , Edom.