NIV 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: NIV 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: NIV 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” NIV 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” NIV 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. NIV 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. NIV 4 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. NIV 4 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. NIV 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me. NIV 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me. NIV 6 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. NIV 6 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. NIV 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, NIV 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, NIV 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. NIV 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. NIV 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, NIV 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, NIV 10 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. NIV 10 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. NIV 11 “Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ NIV 11 “Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ NIV 12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.’ ” NIV 12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.’ ” NIV 13 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard anything like this? A most horrible thing has been done by Virgin Israel. NIV 13 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard anything like this? A most horrible thing has been done by Virgin Israel. NIV 14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing? NIV 14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing? NIV 15 Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths. They made them walk in byways, on roads not built up. NIV 15 Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths. They made them walk in byways, on roads not built up. NIV 16 Their land will be an object of horror and of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads. NIV 16 Their land will be an object of horror and of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads. NIV 17 Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.” NIV 17 Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.” NIV 18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.” NIV 18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.” NIV 19 Listen to me, LORD; hear what my accusers are saying! NIV 19 Listen to me, LORD; hear what my accusers are saying! NIV 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them. NIV 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them. NIV 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives be made childless and widows; let their men be put to death, their young men slain by the sword in battle. NIV 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives be made childless and widows; let their men be put to death, their young men slain by the sword in battle. NIV 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet. NIV 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet. NIV 23 But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger. NIV 23 But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
NIV 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: NIV 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” NIV 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. NIV 4 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. NIV 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me. NIV 6 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. NIV 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, NIV 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. NIV 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, NIV 10 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. NIV 11 “Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ NIV 12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.’ ” NIV 13 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard anything like this? A most horrible thing has been done by Virgin Israel. NIV 14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing? NIV 15 Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths. They made them walk in byways, on roads not built up. NIV 16 Their land will be an object of horror and of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads. NIV 17 Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.” NIV 18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.” NIV 19 Listen to me, LORD; hear what my accusers are saying! NIV 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them. NIV 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives be made childless and widows; let their men be put to death, their young men slain by the sword in battle. NIV 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet. NIV 23 But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.