Verse 6
Jeremiah 18:6
English Revised Version
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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/כַ/יּוֹצֵ֨ר הַ/זֶּ֜ה לֹא אוּכַ֨ל לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת לָ/כֶ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה כַ/חֹ֨מֶר֙ בְּ/יַ֣ד הַ/יּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן אַתֶּ֥ם בְּ/יָדִ֖/י בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
“Is this potter not able to do for you, O house of Israel? Says the Lord: Behold, as the clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.”
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 18 Context
1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
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Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought his work on the wheels.
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And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again...
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the p...
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to brea...
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if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that...
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9
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to pla...
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10
if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I sa...
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11
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus sa...
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12
But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one aft...
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13
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin...
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14
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that flow down f...
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15
For my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity; and they have caused them to st...
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16
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be...
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17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will look upon their back, and not thei...
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18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from...
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Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
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Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood bef...
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and...
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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they hav...
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Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither...
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