Verse 15
Jeremiah 18:15
Free Bible Version
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Like a strong wind from the east I will scatter them before the enemy. I will turn my back on them and not look at them when their time of trouble comes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי שְׁכֵחֻ֥/נִי עַמִּ֖/י לַ/שָּׁ֣וְא יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ וַ/יַּכְשִׁל֤וּ/ם בְּ/דַרְכֵי/הֶם֙ שְׁבִילֵ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם לָ/לֶ֣כֶת נְתִיב֔וֹת דֶּ֖רֶךְ לֹ֥א סְלוּלָֽה
English Translation
For my people have forgotten me; they offer incense to false gods, and they have stumbled in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, not on a highway.
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Chapter 18 Context
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This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Go down right away to the potter's house. I will give you my message there.
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But the pot that he was making from the clay went wrong. So he made it into something different as h...
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The Lord's message came to me, saying,
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People of Israel, declares the Lord, can't I deal with you just like this potter does with his clay?...
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At one time it could happen that I announce that a nation or a kingdom is going to be uprooted, torn...
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However, if that nation I warned gives up its evil ways, then I will change my mind regarding the di...
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But if it does evil in my sight and refuses to listen to my voice, then I will change my mind regard...
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So tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: Watch out...
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But they'll say, “We just can't! We'll do whatever we want. Each of us will stubbornly follow our ow...
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Consequently this is what the Lord says: Ask around the nations—has anybody ever heard anything like...
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12
Does the snow of Lebanon ever disappear from its rocky mountain-tops? Do its cool waters that flow f...
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But my people have rejected me! They burn incense to useless idols which trip them up, making them l...
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They have turned their country into a horrific wasteland, a place that will always be treated with c...
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15
Like a strong wind from the east I will scatter them before the enemy. I will turn my back on them a...
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Some people decided, “We need a plan to deal with Jeremiah. There'll still be priests to explain the...
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17
Lord, please pay attention to what's happening to me! Listen to what my accusers are saying!
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18
Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to trap me! Remember how I stood before...
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But now may their children starve; may they be killed by the sword. May their wives lose their child...
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May cries of agony be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders to attack them, becau...
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But Lord, you know about all their plots to try and kill me. Don't forgive their wickedness; don't w...
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