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Jeremiah 18:1-23

18:1

The word
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which came to Jeremiah
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from the LORD
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saying
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18:2

Arise
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and go down
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to the potter's
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house
<01004>_,

and there I will cause thee to hear
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my words
<01697>_.

18:3

Then I went down
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to the potter's
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house
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and, behold
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he wrought
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a work
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on the wheels
<070>_.

{wheels: or, frames, or, seats}

18:4

And the vessel
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that he made
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of clay
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was marred
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in the hand
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of the potter
<03335> (8802)_:

so he made
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it again
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another
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vessel
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as seemed
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good
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to the potter
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to make
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[it]. {of clay...: or, was marred, as clay in the hand of the potter} {made it...: Heb. returned and made, etc}

18:5

Then the word
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of the LORD
<03068>

came to me, saying
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18:6

O house
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of Israel
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cannot
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I do
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with you as this potter
<03335> (8802)_?

saith
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the LORD
<03068>_.

Behold, as the clay
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[is] in the potter's
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hand
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so [are] ye in mine hand
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O house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_.

18:7

[At what] instant
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I shall speak
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concerning a nation
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and concerning a kingdom
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to pluck up
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and to pull down
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and to destroy
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[it];

18:8

If that nation
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against whom I have pronounced
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turn
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from their evil
<07451>_,

I will repent
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of the evil
<07451>

that I thought
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to do
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unto them.

18:9

And [at what] instant
<07281>

I shall speak
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concerning a nation
<01471>_,

and concerning a kingdom
<04467>_,

to build
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and to plant
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[it];

18:10

If it do
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evil
<07451>

in my sight
<05869>_,

that it obey
<08085> (8800)

not my voice
<06963>_,

then I will repent
<05162> (8738)

of the good
<02896>_,

wherewith I said
<0559> (8804)

I would benefit
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them.

18:11

Now therefore go to, speak
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to the men
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of Judah
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and to the inhabitants
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of Jerusalem
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saying
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Thus saith
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the LORD
<03068>_;

Behold, I frame
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evil
<07451>

against you, and devise
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a device
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against you: return
<07725> (8798)

ye now every one
<0376>

from his evil
<07451>

way
<01870>_,

and make your ways
<01870>

and your doings
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good
<03190> (8685)_.

18:12

And they said
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There is no hope
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but we will walk
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after
<0310>

our own devices
<04284>_,

and we will every one
<0376>

do
<06213> (8799)

the imagination
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of his evil
<07451>

heart
<03820>_.

18:13

Therefore thus saith
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the LORD
<03068>_;

Ask
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ye now among the heathen
<01471>_,

who hath heard
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such things: the virgin
<01330>

of Israel
<03478>

hath done
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a very
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horrible thing
<08186>_.

18:14

Will [a man] leave
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the snow
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of Lebanon
<03844>

[which cometh] from the rock
<06697>

of the field
<07704>_?

[or] shall the cold
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flowing
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waters
<04325>

that come from another place
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be forsaken
<05428> (8735)_?

{the snow...: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?}

18:15

Because my people
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hath forgotten
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me, they have burned incense
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to vanity
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and they have caused them to stumble
<03782> (8686)

in their ways
<01870>

[from] the ancient
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paths
<07635> (8675) <07635>_,

to walk
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in paths
<05410>_,

[in] a way
<01870>

not cast up
<05549> (8803)_;

18:16

To make
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their land
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desolate
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[and] a perpetual
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hissing
<08292> (8675) <08292>_;

every one that passeth
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thereby shall be astonished
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and wag
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his head
<07218>_.

18:17

I will scatter
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them as with an east
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wind
<07307>

before
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the enemy
<0341> (8802)_;

I will shew
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them the back
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and not the face
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in the day
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of their calamity
<0343>_.

18:18

Then said
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they, Come
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and let us devise
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devices
<04284>

against Jeremiah
<03414>_;

for the law
<08451>

shall not perish
<06> (8799)

from the priest
<03548>_,

nor counsel
<06098>

from the wise
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nor the word
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from the prophet
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Come
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and let us smite
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him with the tongue
<03956>_,

and let us not give heed
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to any of his words
<01697>_.

{with...: or, for the tongue}

18:19

Give heed
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to me, O LORD
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and hearken
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to the voice
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of them that contend
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with me.

18:20

Shall evil
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be recompensed
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for good
<02896>_?

for they have digged
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a pit
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for my soul
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Remember
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that I stood
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before
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thee to speak
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good
<02896>

for them, [and] to turn away
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thy wrath
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from them.

18:21

Therefore deliver up
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their children
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to the famine
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and pour out
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their [blood] by the force
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of the sword
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and let their wives
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be bereaved
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of their children, and [be] widows
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and let their men
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be put
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to death
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[let] their young men
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[be] slain
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by the sword
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in battle
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{pour...: Heb. pour them out}

18:22

Let a cry
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be heard
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from their houses
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when thou shalt bring
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a troop
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suddenly
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upon them: for they have digged
<03738> (8804)

a pit
<07745> (8675) <07882>

to take
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me, and hid
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snares
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for my feet
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18:23

Yet, LORD
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thou knowest
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all their counsel
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against me to slay
<04194>

[me]: forgive
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not their iniquity
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neither blot out
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their sin
<02403>

from thy sight
<06440>_,

but let them be overthrown
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before
<06440>

thee; deal
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[thus] with them in the time
<06256>

of thine anger
<0639>_.

{to slay...: Heb. for death}