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1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
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“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.”
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.
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So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
4 And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.
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But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Then the word of the LORD came to me.
6 O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.
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He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.
7 Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;
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If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,
8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.
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and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.
9 And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;
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And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,
10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.
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and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
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