Jeremiah 18:5

Contemporary English Version

Then the Lord told me to say:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me:

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

World English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then this message from the Lord came to me:

George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to me,

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the LORDE thus vnto me:

American Standard Version
Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New English Translation
Then the Lord said to me,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave me this message:

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:

THE MESSAGE
Then God 's Message came to me: "Can't I do just as this potter does, people of Israel?" God 's Decree! "Watch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, people of Israel. At any moment I may decide to pull up a people or a country by the roots and get rid of them. But if they repent of their wicked lives, I will think twice and start over with them. At another time I might decide to plant a people or country, but if they don't cooperate and won't listen to me, I will think again and give up on the plans I had for them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord told me, ² "Go to the pottery shop, and when you get there, I will tell you what to say to the people." ³ I went there and saw the potter making clay pots on his pottery wheel. ⁴ And whenever the clay would not take the shape he wanted, he would change his mind and form it into some other shape. ⁵ Then the Lord told me to say: ⁶ People of Israel, I, the Lord , have power over you, just as a potter has power over clay. ⁷ If I threaten to uproot and shatter an evil nation ⁸ and that nation turns from its evil, I will change my mind. ⁹ If I promise to make a nation strong, ¹⁰ but its people start disobeying me and doing evil, then I will change my mind and not help them at all.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
I have two daughters who have never been married. I'll bring them out, and you can do what you want with them. But don't harm these men. They are guests in my home."

Genesis 33:10
"No!" Jacob said. "Please accept these gifts as a sign of your friendship for me. When you welcomed me and I saw your face, it was like seeing the face of God.

Judges 6:18
And wait here until I bring you an offering." "All right, I'll wait," the Lord answered.

Judges 13:15
"Please," Manoah said, "stay here with us for just a little while, and we'll fix a young goat for you to eat."

Judges 19:5
When everyone got up on the fourth day, the Levite started getting ready to go home. But his father-in-law said, "Don't leave until you have a bite to eat. You'll need strength for your journey."

Psalms 104:15
wine to cheer us up, olive oil for our skin, and grain for our health.

Isaiah 3:1
The mighty Lord All-Powerful is going to take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything you need— your bread and water,

Matthew 6:11
Give us our food for today.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. While he was in the potter's house, and after he had observed his manner of working, and the change he had made in his work, the Lord spoke to him, and applied it in the following manner.