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Jeremiah 18
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Jeremiah at the Potter’s House

18The LORD said to me,H1697H3414H3068H559 2"Go down to the potter's house, where I will give you my message."H6965H3381H3335H1004H8085H1697 3So I went there and saw the potter working at his wheel.H3381H3335H1004H2009H6213H4399H70 4Whenever a piece of pottery turned out imperfect, he would take the clay and make it into something else.H3627H6213H2563H7843H3027H3335H6213H7725H312H3627H5869H3474H3335H6213 5Then the LORD said to me,H1697H3068H559 6"Don't I have the right to do with you people of Israel what the potter did with the clay? You are in my hands just like clay in the potter's hands.H1004H3478H3201H6213H3335H5002H3068H2563H3335H3027H3027H1004H3478 7If at any time I say that I am going to uproot, break down, or destroy any nation or kingdom,H7281H1696H1471H4467H5428H5422H6 8but then that nation turns from its evil, I will not do what I said I would.H1471H1696H7725H7451H5162H7451H2803H6213 9On the other hand, if I say that I am going to plant or build up any nation or kingdom,H7281H1696H1471H4467H1129H5193 10but then that nation disobeys me and does evil, I will not do what I said I would.H6213H7451H5869H8085H6963H5162H2896H559H3190 11Now then, tell the people of Judah and of Jerusalem that I am making plans against them and getting ready to punish them. Tell them to stop living sinful lives - to change their ways and the things they are doing.H559H376H3063H3427H3389H559H559H3068H3335H7451H2803H4284H7725H376H7451H1870H1870H4611H3190 12They will answer, 'No, why should we? We will all be just as stubborn and evil as we want to be.' "H559H2976H3212H310H4284H376H6213H8307H7451H3820

The People Reject the Lord

13The LORD says, "Ask every nation if such a thing has ever happened before. The people of Israel have done a terrible thing!H559H3068H7592H1471H8085H1330H3478H6213H3966H8186 14Are Lebanon's rocky heights ever without snow? Do its cool mountain streams ever run dry?H5800H7950H3844H6697H7704H7119H5140H4325H2114H5428 15Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to idols. They have stumbled in the way they should go; they no longer follow the old ways; they walk on unmarked paths.H5971H7911H6999H7723H3782H1870H5769H7635H7635H3212H5410H1870H5549 16They have made this land a thing of horror, to be despised forever. All who pass by will be shocked at what they see; they will shake their heads in amazement.H7760H776H8047H5769H8292H8292H5674H8074H5110H7218 17I will scatter my people before their enemies, like dust blown by the east wind. I will turn my back on them; I will not help them when the disaster comes."H6327H6921H7307H6440H341H7200H6203H6440H3117H343

A Plot against Jeremiah

18Then the people said, "Let's do something about Jeremiah! There will always be priests to instruct us, the wise to give us counsel, and prophets to proclaim God's message. Let's bring charges against him and stop listening to what he says."H559H3212H2803H4284H3414H8451H6H3548H6098H2450H1697H5030H3212H5221H3956H7181H1697 19So I prayed, " LORD, hear what I am saying and listen to what my enemies are saying about me.H7181H3068H8085H6963H3401 20Is evil the payment for good? Yet they have dug a pit for me to fall in. Remember how I came to you and spoke on their behalf, so that you would not deal with them in anger.H7451H7999H2896H3738H7745H5315H2142H5975H6440H1696H2896H7725H2534 21But now, LORD, let their children starve to death; let them be killed in war. Let the women lose their husbands and children; let the men die of disease and the young men be killed in battle.H5414H1121H7458H5064H3027H2719H802H7909H490H582H2026H4194H970H5221H2719H4421 22Send a mob to plunder their homes without warning; make them cry out in terror. They have dug a pit for me to fall in and have set traps to catch me.H2201H8085H1004H935H1416H6597H3738H7745H7882H3920H2934H6341H7272 23But, LORD, you know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their evil or pardon their sin. Throw them down in defeat and deal with them while you are angry."H3068H3045H6098H4194H3722H5771H4229H2403H6440H3782H6440H6213H6256H639


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