Verse 3

Jeremiah 18:3

New Living Translation

3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וָ/אֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַ/יּוֹצֵ֑ר ו/הנ/הו וְ/הִנֵּה ה֛וּא עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל הָ/אָבְנָֽיִם

English Translation

And I went down to the house of the potter, and behold, he was doing work on the stones.

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Chapter 18 Context

1 The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, Focus ↗

2 “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” Focus ↗

3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.

4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay aga... Focus ↗

5 Then the LORD gave me this message: Focus ↗

6 “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s h... Focus ↗

7 If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, Focus ↗

8 but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. Focus ↗

9 And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, Focus ↗

10 but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would. Focus ↗

11 “Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says:... Focus ↗

12 But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly... Focus ↗

13 So this is what the LORD says: “Has anyone ever heard of such a thing, even among the pagan natio... Focus ↗

14 Does the snow ever disappear from the mountaintops of Lebanon? Do the cold streams flowing from t... Focus ↗

15 But my people are not so reliable, for they have deserted me; they burn incense to worthless idol... Focus ↗

16 Therefore, their land will become desolate, a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by wil... Focus ↗

17 I will scatter my people before their enemies as the east wind scatters dust. And in all their... Focus ↗

18 Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wis... Focus ↗

19 LORD, hear me and help me! Listen to what my enemies are saying. Focus ↗

20 Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them ... Focus ↗

21 So let their children starve! Let them die by the sword! Let their wives become childless wido... Focus ↗

22 Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug... Focus ↗

23 LORD, you know all about their murderous plots against me. Don’t forgive their crimes and blot ou... Focus ↗

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