Jeremiah 18:5

Easy-to-Read Version

Then this message from the Lord came to me:

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,

Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to say:

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

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

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 This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord : ² "Jeremiah, go down to the potter's house. I will give you my message there." ³ So I went down to the potter's house and saw him working with clay at the wheel. ⁴ He was making a pot from clay. But there was something wrong with the pot. So the potter used that clay to make another pot. With his hands he shaped the pot the way he wanted it to be. ⁵ Then this message from the Lord came to me: ⁶ "Family of Israel, you know that I can do the same thing with you. You are like the clay in the potter's hands, and I am the potter." This message is from the Lord . ⁷ "There may come a time when I will speak about a nation or a kingdom that I will pull up by its roots or tear down and destroy it. ⁸ But if the people of that nation change their hearts and lives and stop doing evil things, I will change my mind and not bring on them the disaster I planned. ⁹ There may come another time when I speak about a nation that I will build up or plant. ¹⁰ But if I see that nation doing evil things and not obeying me, I will think again about the good I had planned to do for them.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man before. I will give my daughters to you. You can do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."

Genesis 33:10
Jacob said, "No, I beg you! If you really accept me, please accept the gifts I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God. I am very happy to see that you accept me.

Judges 6:18
Please wait here. Don't go away until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it down in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you come back."

Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like for you to stay a while. We want to cook a young goat for you to eat."

Judges 19:5
On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave. But the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Eat something first. After you eat, you can go."

Psalms 104:15
You give us the wine that makes us happy, the oil that makes our skin soft, and the food that makes us strong.

Isaiah 3:1
Understand what I am telling you: The Lord God All-Powerful will take away everything Judah and Jerusalem depend on. He will take away all the food and water.

Matthew 6:11
Give us the food we need 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.