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1611 King James Bible

Jeremiah 18

  1. Jeremiah 18:1 The word which came to Ieremiah from þ LORD saying,
  2. Jeremiah 18:2 Arise and go downe to the potters house, & there I will cause thee to heare my words.
  3. Jeremiah 18:3 Then I went downe to the potters house, and behold, hee wrought a worke on the wheeles.
  4. Jeremiah 18:4 And the vessell that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it againe another vessell as seemed good to the potter to make it.
  5. Jeremiah 18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  6. Jeremiah 18:6 O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, saith the LORD ? Behold, as the clay is in the potters hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
  7. Jeremiah 18:7 At what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome, to plucke vp and to pull downe, and to destroy it.
  8. Jeremiah 18:8 If that nation against whom I haue pronounced, turne from their euill, I will repent of the euill that I thought to doe vnto them.
  9. Jeremiah 18:9 And at what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to build and to plant it;
  10. Jeremiah 18:10 If it doe euill in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them.
  11. Jeremiah 18:11 ¶ Now therefore goe to, speake to the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame euill against you, and deuise a deuice against you: returne ye now euery one from his euill way, and make your waies and your doings good.
  12. Jeremiah 18:12 And they said, There is no hope, but wee will walke after our owne deuices, and wee will euery one doe the imagination of his euil heart.
  13. Jeremiah 18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Aske ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things? the Uirgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
  14. Jeremiah 18:14 Will a man leaue the snow of Lebanon which commeth from the rocke of the fielde? or shall the colde flowing waters that come from another place, be forsaken?
  15. Jeremiah 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten mee, they haue burnt incense to vanitie, and they haue caused them to stumble in their waies from the ancient paths, to walke in paths, in a way not cast vp,
  16. Jeremiah 18:16 To make their land desolate and a perpetuall hissing: euery one that passeth thereby shall bee astonished, and wagge his head.
  17. Jeremiah 18:17 I will scatter them as with an East winde before the enemie: I will shew them the backe, and not the face, in the day of their calamitie.
  18. Jeremiah 18:18 ¶ Then said they, Come, and let vs deuise deuices against Ieremiah: for the Law shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: Come and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his wordes.
  19. Jeremiah 18:19 Giue heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
  20. Jeremiah 18:20 Shall euill bee recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.
  21. Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliuer vp their children to the famine, and powre out their blood by the force of the sword, and let their wiues be bereaued of their children and be widowes, and let their men be put to death, let their yong men be slaine by the sword in battell.
  22. Jeremiah 18:22 Let a crie bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troupe suddenly vpon them, for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  23. Jeremiah 18:23 Yet LORD thou knowest all their counsell against me to slay mee: forgiue not their iniquitie, neither blot out their sinne from thy sight, but let them bee ouerthrowen before thee, deale thus with them in the time of thine anger.