Jeremiah 18:5

New Century Version

Then the Lord spoke his word 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,

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,

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 This is the word the Lord spoke to Jeremiah: ² "Go down to the potter's house, and I will give you my message there." ³ So I went down to the potter's house and saw him working at the potter's wheel. ⁴ He was using his hands to make a pot from clay, but something went wrong with it. So he used that clay to make another pot the way he wanted it to be. ⁵ Then the Lord spoke his word to me: ⁶ "Family of Israel, can't I do the same thing with you?" says the Lord . "You are in my hands like the clay in the potter's hands. 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 that I will pull down to destroy it. ⁸ But if the people of that nation stop doing the evil they have done, I will change my mind and not carry out my plans to bring disaster to them. ⁹ There may come another time when I will speak about a nation that I will build up and plant. ¹⁰ But if I see it doing evil by not obeying me, I will change my mind and not carry out my plans to do good for them.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may 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! Please! If I have pleased you, then accept the gift I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God, because you have accepted me.

Judges 6:18
Please wait here until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you return."

Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."

Judges 19:5
On the fourth day they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself by eating something. Then go."

Psalms 104:15
You give us wine that makes happy hearts and olive oil that makes our faces shine. You give us bread that gives us strength.

Isaiah 3:1
Understand this: The Lord God All-Powerful will take away everything Judah and Jerusalem need— all the food and water,

Matthew 6:11
Give us the food we need for each day.

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.