Verse 4
Jeremiah 18:4
GOD'S WORD Translation
4
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 Yahweh, saying,
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“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
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Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
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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 anot...
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Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the pott...
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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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At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
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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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“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says...
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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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Therefore Yahweh says:
“Ask now among the nations,
‘Who has heard such things?’
The virgin of Israel...
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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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For my people have forgotten me.
They have burned incense to false gods.
They have been made to stum...
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to make their land an astonishment,
and a perpetual hissing.
Everyone who passes thereby will be ast...
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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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Then they said, “Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the p...
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Give heed to me, Yahweh,
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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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
and give them over to the power of the sword.
Let...
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Let a cry be heard from their houses,
when you bring a troop suddenly on them;
for they have dug a p...
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Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me.
Don’t forgive their iniquity.
Don’t b...
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