Translation of
Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
chapter 18, verses 1- 12, CEB
Common English Bible, published 2011
Jeremiah received the Lord's word:
Go down to the potter's house, and
I'll give you instructions about what
to do there.
So I went down to the potter's house; he
was working on the potter's wheel. But
the piece he was making was flawed while
still in his hands, so the potter started on
another, as seemed best to him. Then the
Lord's word came to me:
House of Israel, can't I deal with you
like this potter, declares the Lord? Like
clay in the potter's hand, so are you in
mine, house of Israel? At any time I may
announce that I will dig up, pull down,
and destroy a nation or kingdom; but if
that nation I warned turns from its evil,
then I'll relent and not carry out the harm
I intended for it. At the same time, I may
announce that I'll build and plant a nation
or kingdom; but if that nation displeases
and disobeys me, then I'll relent and not
carryout the good I intended for it. Now
I say to the people of Judah and those living
Jerusalem: This is what the Lord says:
I am a potter preparing a disaster for you;
I'm working out a plan against you. So each
of you, turn from your evil ways; reform
your ways and your actions.
But they said, "What's the use! We will follow
our plans and act according to our own willful,
evil hearts."
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