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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
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So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel.
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And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
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Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? says the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
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If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
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and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will repent of the evil that I intended to do to it.
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And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,