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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying,

"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will announce My words to you."

Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

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

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

"Am I not able, house of Israel, to deal with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord . Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

"At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

"Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said that I would bless it.

If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

"So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now turn back, each of you from his evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds!"'

Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

"But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will persist in the stubbornness of his evil heart.'

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

"Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'Just ask among the nations, Who ever heard anything like this? The virgin of Israel Has done a most appalling thing.

Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

'Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the open country alone? Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever dried up?

Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

'For My people have forgotten Me, They burn incense to worthless gods. And they have stumbled in their ways, In the ancient roads, To walk on paths, Not on a highway,

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

To make their land a desolation, An object of perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

'Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their disaster.'"

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

Then they said, "Come and let's devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor advice by the wise, nor the divine word by the prophet! Come, and let's strike at him with our tongue, and let's pay no attention to any of his words."

Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Give Your attention to me, LORD, And listen to what my opponents are saying!

Give heed to me, O Lord , and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good in their behalf, So as to turn Your wrath away from them.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Therefore, give their children over to famine And turn them over to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be slaughtered to death, Their young men struck and killed by the sword in battle.

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

May a cry be heard from their houses When You suddenly bring raiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hidden snares for my feet.

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

But You, LORD, know All their deadly schemes against me; Do not forgive their wrongdoing Or wipe out their sin from Your sight. But may they be overthrown before You; Deal with them in the time of Your anger!

Yet, Lord , thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.