New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 18:5-10

5Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

6“Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the 1clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

7At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to 2uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;

8 3if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will 4 5relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

9Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to 6build up or to plant it;

10if it does 7evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will 8 9think better of the good with which I had promised to 10bless it.

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 18:6 Is 45:9; 64:8; Matt 20:15; Rom 9:21 ↩
2. Jeremiah 18:7 Jer 1:10 ↩
3. Jeremiah 18:8 Jer 7:3-7; 12:16; Ezek 18:21 ↩
4. Jeremiah 18:8 Lit repent of ↩
5. Jeremiah 18:8 Ps 106:45; Jer 26:3, 13, 19; Hos 11:8; Joel 2:13, 14; Jon 3:10 ↩
6. Jeremiah 18:9 Jer 1:10; 31:28; Amos 9:11-15 ↩
7. Jeremiah 18:10 Ps 125:5; Jer 7:24-28; Ezek 33:18 ↩
8. Jeremiah 18:10 Lit repent ↩
9. Jeremiah 18:10 1 Sam 2:30; 13:13 ↩
10. Jeremiah 18:10 Lit do it good ↩

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