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Jeremiah 18 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 18:13-17, 19-23.
Special concepts in this chapter
Attacking Jeremiah
Things were so bad in Judah, they even attacked Jeremiah. To attack Yahweh's prophet was to attack Yahweh himself. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Simile
Like a potter can change what he is making from one type of pot to another, God can change his plans and not punish people if they repent. The image of God as a potter and mankind as clay is an important one in Scripture. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)