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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.