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The word[H1697] which came to Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
2Arise[H6965], and go down[H3381] to the potter's house[H1004], and there I will cause thee to hear[H8085] my words[H1697].
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Then I went down[H3381] to the potter's house[H1004], and, behold[H2009], he wrought[H6213] a work[H4399] on the wheels[H70].
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And the vessel[H3627] that he made[H6213] of clay[H2563] was marred[H7843] in the hand[H3027] of the potter[H3335]: so he made[H6213] it again[H7725]another[H312]vessel[H3627], as seemed[H5869]good[H3474] to the potter[H3335] to make[H6213] it.
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Then the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to me, saying[H559],
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O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], cannot[H3201] I do[H6213] with you as this potter?[H3335]saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]. Behold, as the clay[H2563] is in the potter[H3335]'s hand[H3027], so are ye in mine hand[H3027], O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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At what instant[H7281] I shall speak[H1696] concerning a nation[H1471], and concerning a kingdom[H4467], to pluck up[H5428], and to pull down[H5422], and to destroy[H6] it;
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If that nation[H1471], against whom I have pronounced[H1696], turn[H7725] from their evil[H7451], I will repent[H5162] of the evil[H7451] that I thought[H2803] to do[H6213] unto them.
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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;
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If it do[H6213]evil[H7451] in my sight[H5869], that it obey[H8085] not my voice[H6963], then I will repent[H5162] of the good[H2896], wherewith I said[H559] I would benefit[H3190] them.
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Now therefore go to, speak[H559] to the men[H376] of Judah[H3063], and to the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[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 make your ways[H1870] and your doings[H4611]good[H3190].
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And they said[H559], There is no hope[H2976]: but we will walk[H3212]after[H310] our own devices[H4284], and we will every one[H376]do[H6213] the imagination[H8307] of his evil[H7451]heart[H3820].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Ask[H7592] ye now among the heathen[H1471], who hath heard[H8085] such things: the virgin[H1330] of Israel[H3478] hath done[H6213] a very[H3966] horrible thing[H8186].
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Will a man leave[H5800] the snow[H7950] of Lebanon[H3844] which cometh from the rock[H6697] of the field?[H7704] or shall the cold[H7119]flowing[H5140]waters[H4325] that come from another place[H2114] be forsaken?[H5428]
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Because my people[H5971] hath forgotten[H7911] me, they have burned incense[H6999] to vanity[H7723], and they have caused them to stumble[H3782] in their ways[H1870] from the ancient[H5769]paths[H7635], to walk[H3212] in paths[H5410], in a way[H1870] not cast up[H5549];
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To make[H7760] their land[H776]desolate[H8047], and a perpetual[H5769]hissing[H8292]; every one that passeth[H5674] thereby shall be astonished[H8074], and wag[H5110] his head[H7218].
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I will scatter[H6327] them as with an east[H6921]wind[H7307]before[H6440] the enemy[H341]; I will shew[H7200] them the back[H6203], and not the face[H6440], in the day[H3117] of their calamity[H343].
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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].
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Give heed[H7181] to me, O LORD[H3068], and hearken[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of them that contend[H3401] with me.
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Shall evil[H7451] be recompensed[H7999] for good?[H2896] for they have digged[H3738] a pit[H7745] for my soul[H5315]. Remember[H2142] that I stood[H5975]before[H6440] thee to speak[H1696]good[H2896] for them, and to turn away[H7725] thy wrath[H2534] from them.
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Therefore deliver up[H5414] their children[H1121] to the famine[H7458], and pour out[H5064] their blood by the force[H3027] of the sword[H2719]; and let their wives[H802] be bereaved[H7909] of their children[H1121], and be widows[H490]; and let their men[H582] be put[H2026] to death[H4194]; let their young men[H970] be slain[H5221] by the sword[H2719] in battle[H4421].
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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].
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Yet, LORD[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] thus with them in the time[H6256] of thine anger[H639].