New King James Version (Tinasha LaRaye)

New King James Version (Simon Bubb)

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 <div class="label">18</div><div class="s">The Potter and the Clay</div><div class="p">1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2&#8220;Arise and go down to the potter&#8217;s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.&#8221; 3Then I went down to the potter&#8217;s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.</div><div class="p">5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6&#8220;O house of Israel, #Is. 45:9; Rom. 9:20, 21can I not do with you as this potter?&#8221; says the Lord. &#8220;Look, #Is. 64:8as the clay is in the potter&#8217;s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! 7The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to #Jer. 1:10pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8#Jer. 7:3&#8211;7; 12:16; (Ezek. 18:21; 33:11)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, #(Ps. 106:45); Jer. 26:3; (Hos. 11:8; Joel 2:13); Jon. 3:10I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.</div><div class="p">11&#8220;Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, &#8216;Thus says the Lord: &#8220;Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. #2 Kin. 17:13; Is. 1:16&#8211;19; Jer. 4:1; Acts 26:20Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings #Jer. 7:3&#8211;7good.&#8221; &#8217; &#8221;</div><div class="s">God&#8217;s Warning Rejected</div><div class="p">12And they said, #Is. 57:10; Jer. 2:25&#8220;That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the #Jer. 3:17; 23:17dictates of his evil heart.&#8221;</div><div class="p">13Therefore thus says the Lord:</div><div class="q1">#Is. 66:8; Jer. 2:10, 11; 1 Cor. 5:1&#8220;Ask now among the Gentiles,</div><div class="q2">Who has heard such things?</div><div class="q2">The virgin of Israel has done #Jer. 5:30; Hos. 6:10a very horrible thing.</div><div class="q2">14Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon,</div><div class="q2">Which comes from the rock of the field?</div><div class="q2">Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?</div><div class="q2">15&#8220;Because My people have forgotten #Jer. 2:13, 32Me,</div><div class="q2">They have burned incense to worthless idols.</div><div class="q2">And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,</div><div class="q2">From the #Jer. 6:16ancient paths,</div><div class="q2">To walk in pathways and not on a highway,</div><div class="q2">16To make their land #Jer. 19:8desolate and a perpetual #1 Kin. 9:8; Lam. 2:15; Mic. 6:16hissing;</div><div class="q2">Everyone who passes by it will be astonished</div><div class="q2">And shake his head.</div><div class="q2">17#Jer. 13:24I will scatter them #Ps. 48:7as with an east wind before the enemy;</div><div class="q2">#Jer. 2:27I will show them the back and not the face</div><div class="q2">In the day of their calamity.&#8221;</div><div class="s">Jeremiah Persecuted</div><div class="p">18Then they said, #Jer. 11:19&#8220;Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; #Lev. 10:11; Mal. 2:7; (John 7:48)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.&#8221;</div><div class="q1">19Give heed to me, O Lord,</div><div class="q2">And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!</div><div class="q2">20#Ps. 109:4Shall evil be repaid for good?</div><div class="q2">For they have #Ps. 35:7; 57:6; Jer. 5:26dug a pit for my life.</div><div class="q2">Remember that I #Jer. 14:7&#8212;15:1stood before You</div><div class="q2">To speak good for them,</div><div class="q2">To turn away Your wrath from them.</div><div class="q2">21Therefore #Ps. 109:9&#8211;20; Jer. 11:22; 14:16deliver up their children to the famine,</div><div class="q2">And pour out their blood</div><div class="q2">By the force of the sword;</div><div class="q2">Let their wives become widows</div><div class="q2">And #Jer. 15:7, 8; Ezek. 22:25bereaved of their children.</div><div class="q2">Let their men be put to death,</div><div class="q2">Their young men be slain</div><div class="q2">By the sword in battle.</div><div class="q2">22Let a cry be heard from their houses,</div><div class="q2">When You bring a troop suddenly upon them;</div><div class="q2">For they have dug a pit to take me,</div><div class="q2">And hidden snares for my feet.</div><div class="q2">23Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel</div><div class="q2">Which is against me, to slay me.</div><div class="q2">#Neh. 4:5; Ps. 35:14; 109:14; Is. 2:9; Jer. 11:20Provide no atonement for their iniquity,</div><div class="q2">Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;</div><div class="q2">But let them be overthrown before You.</div><div class="q2">Deal thus with them</div><div class="q2">In the time of Your #Jer. 7:20anger.</div>
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.
“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.” ’ ”

And they said, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.”
Therefore thus says the LORD:
“Ask now among the Gentiles,
Who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon,
Which comes from the rock of the field?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?
“Because My people have forgotten Me,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the ancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,
To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy;
I will show them the back and not the face
In the day of their calamity.”

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
Give heed to me, O LORD,
And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!
Shall evil be repaid for good?
For they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember that I stood before You
To speak good for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
And pour out their blood
By the force of the sword;
Let their wives become widows
And bereaved of their children.
Let their men be put to death,
Their young men be slain
By the sword in battle.
Let a cry be heard from their houses,
When You bring a troop suddenly upon them;
For they have dug a pit to take me,
And hidden snares for my feet.
Yet, LORD, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
Provide no atonement for their iniquity,
Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
But let them be overthrown before You.
Deal thus with them
In the time of Your anger.

Listen to Jeremiah 18