Jeremiah 18

1 ♥ 📝 T he word^H1697 which came to Jeremiah^H3414 from Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Arise,^H6965 and go down^H3381 to the potter's^H3335 house,^H1004 and there I will cause thee to hear^H8085 my words.^H1697

3 ♥ 📝 Then I went down^H3381 to the potter's^H3335 house,^H1004 and, behold,^H2009 he was making^H6213 a work^H4399 on the wheels.^H70

4 ♥ 📝 And when the vessel^H3627 that he made^H6213 of the clay^H2563 was marred^H7843 in the hand^H3027 of the potter,^H3335 he made^H6213 it again^H7725 another^H312 vessel,^H3627 as seemed^H5869 good^H3474 to the potter^H3335 to make^H6213 it.

5 ♥ 📝 Then the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 came to me, saying,^H559

6 ♥ 📝 O house^H1004 of Israel,^H3478 cannot^H3201 I do^H6213 with you as this potter?^H3335 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068 Behold, as the clay^H2563 in the potter's^H3335 hand,^H3027 so are ye in my hand,^H3027 O house^H1004 of Israel.^H3478

7 ♥ 📝 At what instant^H7281 I shall speak^H1696 concerning a nation,^H1471 and concerning a kingdom,^H4467 to pluck up^H5428 and to break down^H5422 and to destroy^H6 it;

8 ♥ 📝 if that nation,^H1471 concerning which I have spoken,^H1696 turn^H7725 from their evil,^H7451 I will repent^H5162 of the evil^H7451 that I thought^H2803 to do^H6213 unto them.

9 ♥ 📝 And at what instant^H7281 I shall speak^H1696 concerning a nation,^H1471 and concerning a kingdom,^H4467 to build^H1129 and to plant^H5193 it;

10 ♥ 📝 if they do^H6213 that which is evil^H7451 in my sight,^H5869 that they obey^H8085 not my voice,^H6963 then I will repent^H5162 of the good,^H2896 wherewith I said^H559 I would benefit^H3190 them.

11 ♥ 📝 Now therefore, speak^H559 to the men^H376 of Judah,^H3063 and to the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem,^H3389 saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Behold, I frame^H3335 evil^H7451 against you, and devise^H2803 a device^H4284 against you: return^H7725 ye now every one^H376 from his evil^H7451 way,^H1870 and amend^H3190 your ways^H1870 and your doings.^H4611

12 ♥ 📝 But they say,^H559 It is in vain;^H2976 for we will walk^H3212 after^H310 our own devices,^H4284 and we will do^H6213 every one^H376 after the stubbornness^H8307 of his evil^H7451 heart.^H3820

13 ♥ 📝 Therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Ask^H7592 ye now among the nations,^H1471 who hath heard^H8085 such things; the virgin^H1330 of Israel^H3478 hath done^H6213 a very^H3966 horrible thing.^H8186

14 ♥ 📝 Shall the snow^H7950 of Lebanon^H3844 fail^H5800 from the rock^H6697 of the field?^H7704 [or] shall the cold^H7119 waters^H4325 that flow^H5140 down from afar^H2114 be dried^H5428 up?

15 ♥ 📝 For my people^H5971 have forgotten^H7911 me, they have burned incense^H6999 to false^H7723 [gods]; and they have been made to stumble^H3782 in their ways,^H1870 in the ancient^H5769 paths,^H7635 to walk^H3212 in bypaths,^H5410 in a way^H1870 not cast up;^H5549

16 ♥ 📝 to make^H7760 their land^H776 an astonishment,^H8047 and a perpetual^H5769 hissing;^H8292 every one that passeth^H5674 thereby shall be astonished,^H8074 and shake^H5110 his head.^H7218

17 ♥ 📝 I will scatter^H6327 them as with an east^H6921 wind^H7307 before^H6440 the enemy;^H341 I will show^H7200 them the back,^H6203 and not the face,^H6440 in the day^H3117 of their calamity.^H343

18 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 they, Come,^H3212 and let us devise^H2803 devices^H4284 against Jeremiah;^H3414 for the law^H8451 shall not perish^H6 from the priest,^H3548 nor counsel^H6098 from the wise,^H2450 nor the word^H1697 from the prophet.^H5030 Come,^H3212 and let us smite^H5221 him with the tongue,^H3956 and let us not give heed^H7181 to any of his words.^H1697

19 ♥ 📝 Give heed^H7181 to me, O Jehovah,^H3068 and hearken^H8085 to the voice^H6963 of them that contend^H3401 with me.

20 ♥ 📝 Shall evil^H7451 be recompensed^H7999 for good?^H2896 for they have digged^H3738 a pit^H7745 for my soul.^H5315 Remember^H2142 how I stood^H5975 before^H6440 thee to speak^H1696 good^H2896 for them, to turn away^H7725 thy wrath^H2534 from them.

21 ♥ 📝 Therefore deliver up^H5414 their children^H1121 to the famine,^H7458 and give them^H5064 over to the power^H3027 of the sword;^H2719 and let their wives^H802 become childless,^H7909 and widows;^H490 and let their men^H582 be slain^H4194 of death,^H4194 [and] their young men^H970 smitten^H5221 of the sword^H2719 in battle.^H4421

22 ♥ 📝 Let a cry^H2201 be heard^H8085 from their houses,^H1004 when thou shalt bring^H935 a troop^H1416 suddenly^H6597 upon them; for they have digged^H3738 a pit^H7745 to take^H3920 me, and hid^H2934 snares^H6341 for my feet.^H7272

23 ♥ 📝 Yet, Jehovah,^H3068 thou knowest^H3045 all their counsel^H6098 against me to slay^H4194 me; forgive^H3722 not their iniquity,^H5771 neither blot out^H4229 their sin^H2403 from thy sight;^H6440 but let them be overthrown^H3782 before^H6440 thee; deal^H6213 thou with them in the time^H6256 of thine anger.^H639