Jeremiah 18:1–10 · BSB
18:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”
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18:3
So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
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But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
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At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
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But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
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And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
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and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
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