Jeremiah 18: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Jeremiah 18 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Yahweh calls Jeremiah to go to the potter’s house to hear His words (vv. 1-2). At the potter’s house, Jeremiah observes the potter working with clay, reshaping a marred vessel (vv.

Key verse

“When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.”
Jeremiah 18:4 (WEB)

Outline

Jeremiah 18:1–2 God's Call to Jeremiah
Jeremiah 18:3–4 The Potter's Work
Jeremiah 18:5–6 Divine Authority Explained
Jeremiah 18:7–10 Conditional Promises
Jeremiah 18:11–12 Warning to Judah
Jeremiah 18:13–17 Judgment Declared
Jeremiah 18:18–23 Opposition to Jeremiah

Discussion questions

In v3, what is the potter making on the wheels?
What does Yahweh compare the house of Israel to in v6?
In v11, what does Yahweh mean when He says He will 'frame evil' against Judah?
In v12, what do the people mean by saying 'It is in vain'?
When have you resisted a call to amend your ways, as in v11?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Jeremiah 18: Jeremiah 6, Isaiah 64, Romans 9.

Before next time: read Jeremiah 19.