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New King James Version

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Evil;   God;   Government;   Turning;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Potter;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clay;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pottery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evil;   Jeremiah;   Oracles;   Vessels and Utensils;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Potter;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Potter;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aceldama;  

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,
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 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 word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2 "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words." 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof."
Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, "No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Judges 6:18
Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You." And He said, "I will wait until you come back."
Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You."
Judges 19:5
Then it came to pass on the fourth day that they arose early in the morning, and he stood to depart; but the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way."
Psalms 104:15
And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man's heart.
Isaiah 3:1
For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the store, The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.

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.


 
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