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1 Jeremiah received the LORD's word:
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 Go down to the potter's house, and I'll give you instructions about what to do there.
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"Come, go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
3 So I went down to the potter's house; he was working on the potter's wheel.
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So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel.
4 But the piece he was making was flawed while still in his hands, so the potter started on another, as seemed best to him.
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The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.
5 Then the LORD's word came to me:
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Then the word of the Lord came to me:
6 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!
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Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
7 At any time I may announce that I will dig up, pull down, and destroy a nation or kingdom;
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At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
8 but if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I'll relent and not carry out the harm I intended for it.
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but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.
9 At the same time, I may announce that I will build and plant a nation or kingdom;
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And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,
10 but if that nation displeases and disobeys me, then I'll relent and not carry out the good I intended for it.
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but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do to it.
11 Now say to the people of Judah and those living in 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 one of you, turn from your evil ways; reform your ways and your actions.
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Now, therefore, say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord: Look, I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, all of you from your evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.