Verse 4
Jeremiah 18:4
World English Bible, British Edition
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When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the
potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִשְׁחַ֣ת הַ/כְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּ/חֹ֖מֶר בְּ/יַ֣ד הַ/יּוֹצֵ֑ר וְ/שָׁ֗ב וַֽ/יַּעֲשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י הַ/יּוֹצֵ֖ר לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹת
English Translation
And if the vessel that he makes is shattered in the clay by the hand of the potter, he shall return and make another vessel as it seems good in the eyes of the potter to make.
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Chapter 18 Context
1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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2
“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you
to hear my words.”
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3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making
something on the wheels.
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4
When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the
potter, he made it again anot...
5
Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD.
“Behold, as the clay in the po...
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7
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,
to pluck up and to break down...
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if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil,
I will repent of the evil tha...
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9
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,
to build and to plant it,
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10
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice,
then I will repent of the go...
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11
“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD sa...
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12
But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans,
and we will each follow the stub...
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13
Therefore the LORD says:
“Ask now amongst the nations,
‘Who has heard such things?’
The virgin of Is...
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14
Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?
Will the cold waters that flow down from a...
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15
For my people have forgotten me.
They have burnt incense to false gods.
They have been made to stumb...
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16
to make their land an astonishment,
and a perpetual hissing.
Everyone who passes by it will be aston...
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17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy.
I will show them the back, and not the fa...
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18
Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah;
for the law won’t perish from the priest...
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19
Give heed to me, LORD,
and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
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20
Should evil be recompensed for good?
For they have dug a pit for my soul.
Remember how I stood befor...
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21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
and give them over to the power of the sword.
Let...
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22
Let a cry be heard from their houses
when you bring a troop suddenly on them;
for they have dug a pi...
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23
Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me.
Don’t forgive their iniquity.
Don’t blo...
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