Jeremiah 18:1-17

1The wordH1697 thatH834 cameH1961 to JeremiahH3414 from the LordH3068, sayingH559, 2“AriseH6965 and 1goH3381 downH3381 to the potter’sH3335 houseH1004, and thereH8033 I will announceH8085 My wordsH1697 to you.” 3So I wentH3381 downH3381 to the potter’sH3335 houseH1004, and thereH2009 he was, makingH6213 somethingH4399 on the wheelH70. 4But the vesselH3627 that he was makingH6213 of clayH2563 was spoiledH7843 in the handH3027 of the potterH3335; so he remadeH7725H6213 it into anotherH312 vesselH3627, as it pleasedH5869H3474 the potterH3335 to makeH6213.

5Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to me, sayingH559, 6“AmH3201 I not ableH3201, houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, to dealH6213 with you as thisH2088 potterH3335 does?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “BeholdH2009, like the 2clayH2563 in the potter’sH3335 handH3027, soH3651 are you in My handH3027, houseH1004 of IsraelH3478. 7At one momentH7281 I might speakH1696 concerningH5921 a nationH1471 or concerningH5921 a kingdomH4467 to 3uprootH5428 it, to tearH5422 it downH5422, or to destroyH6 it; 84if that nationH1471 againstH5921 whichH834 I have spokenH1696 turnsH7725 from its evilH7463, I will 5relentH5162 of the disasterH7463 that I plannedH2803 to bringH6213 on it. 9Or at another momentH7281 I might speakH1696 concerningH5921 a nationH1471 or concerningH5921 a kingdomH4467 to 6buildH1129 upH1129 or to plantH5193 it; 10if it doesH6213 7evilH7451 in My sightH5869 by not obeyingH8085 My voiceH6963, then I will 8relentH5162 of the goodH2899 with whichH834 I saidH559 9that I would blessH3190 it. 11So nowH6258, speakH559 to the menH376 of JudahH3063 and againstH5921 the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389, sayingH559, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “BeholdH2009, I am 10formingH3335 a disasterH7463 againstH5921 you and devisingH2803 a planH4284 againstH5921 you. NowH4994 11turnH7725 backH7725, eachH376 of you from his evilH7451 wayH1870, and 12correctH3190 your waysH1870 and your deedsH4611!”’ 12But 13they will sayH559, ‘It’s hopelessH2976! For we are goingH1980 to followH310H1980 our own plansH4284, and eachH376 of us will 14persistH6213 in the 15stubbornnessH8307 of his evilH7451 heartH3820.’

13“ThereforeH3651 thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: ‘16JustH4994 askH7592 among the nationsH1471, WhoH4310 ever heardH8085 anything like 17thisH428? The 18virginH1330 of IsraelH3478 Has doneH6213 a mostH3966 19appallingH8186 thingH8186.14Does the snowH7950 of LebanonH3844 leaveH5800 the rockH6697 of the open countryH7706 aloneH5800? OrH518 is the coldH7119 flowingH5140 waterH4325 from a foreignH2114 land ever driedH5405 upH5405?15For 20My peopleH5971 have forgottenH7911 Me, 21They burnH6999 incenseH6999 22to worthlessH7723 gods. And they 23have stumbledH3782 in their waysH1870, In the 24ancientH5769 roadsH7635, To walkH1980 on pathsH5410, Not on a 25highwayH1870H5549,16To makeH7760 their landH776 a 26desolationH8047, An object of perpetualH5769 27hissingH8292; EveryoneH3605 who passesH5674 by it will be astonishedH8074 And 28shakeH5110 his headH7218.17Like an 29eastH6921 windH7307 I will 30scatterH6327 them BeforeH6440 the enemyH340; I will 31showH7200 them 32My backH6203 and not My faceH6440 33In the dayH3117 of their disasterH343.’”