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But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into anothervessel, as it pleased* the potter to make.
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"Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as thispotter does?" declares the LORD. "Behold, like the clay in the potter'shand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
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"So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalemsaying, 'Thussays the LORD, "Behold, I am fashioningcalamityagainst you and devising a planagainst you. Ohturnback, each of you from his evilway, and reform your ways and your deeds."'
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"But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow* our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evilheart.'
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'For My people have forgotten Me, They burnincense to worthless gods And they have stumbled from their ways, From the ancientpaths, To walk in bypaths, Not on a highway*,
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Then they said, "Come and let us deviseplansagainstJeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, norcounsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us givenoheed to any of his words."
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Do giveheed to me, O LORD, And listen to what my opponents are saying!
y'byir.y lw{q.l [;m.v.W y'lea h'wh.y h'byiv.q;h
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Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stoodbefore You To speakgood on their behalf, So as to turnaway Your wrath from them.
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Therefore, give their children over to famine And deliver them up to the power of the sword; And let their wivesbecomechildless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death, Their youngmenstruckdown by the sword in battle.
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May an outcry be heard from their houses, When You suddenlybringraiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hiddensnares for my feet.
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Yet You, O LORD, knowAll their deadlydesignsagainst me; Do not forgive their iniquity Or blot out their sin from Your sight. But may they be overthrownbefore You; Deal with them in the time of Your anger!