Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
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“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.”
3 and I go down [to] the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a 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 marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.
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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 And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:
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Then the word of the LORD came to me.
6 As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So [are] ye in My hand, O house of 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 The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,
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If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,
8 And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.
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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 the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,
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And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,
10 And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.
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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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