18:1 The
word
that
hath
been
unto
Jeremiah
from
Jehovah,
saying,
18:2 Rise,
and
thou
hast
gone
down
[to]
the
potter's
house,
and
there
I
cause
thee
to
hear
My
words;
18:3 and
I
go
down
[to]
the
potter's
house,
and
lo,
he
is
doing
a
work
on
the
stones,
18:4 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.
18:5 And
there
is
a
word
of
Jehovah
to
me,
saying:
18:6 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.
18:7 The
moment
I
speak
concerning
a
nation,
And
concerning
a
kingdom,
To
pluck
up
and
to
break
down,
and
to
destroy,
18:8 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.
18:9 And
the
moment
I
speak
concerning
a
nation,
And
concerning
a
kingdom,
to
build,
and
to
plant,
18:10 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.
18:11 And
now,
speak,
I
pray
thee,
unto
men
of
Judah,
And
against
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
Saying:
Thus
said
Jehovah:
Lo,
I
am
framing
against
you
evil,
And
devising
against
you
a
device,
Turn
back,
I
pray
you,
each
from
his
evil
way
And
amen
your
ways
and
your
doings.
18:12 And
they
have
said,
It
is
incurable,
For
after
our
own
devices
we
do
go,
And
each
the
stubbornness
of
his
evil
heart
we
do.
18:13 Therefore,
thus
said
Jehovah:
Ask,
I
pray
you,
among
the
nations,
Who
hath
heard
like
these
A
very
horrible
thing
hath
the
virgin
of
Israel
done.
18:14 Doth
snow
of
Lebanon
Cease
from
the
rock
of
the
field
Failed
are
the
cold
strange
waters
that
flow
18:15 But
My
people
have
forgotten
Me,
to
a
vain
thing
they
make
perfume,
And
they
cause
them
to
stumble
in
their
ways--paths
of
old,
To
walk
in
paths--a
way
not
raised
up,
18:16 To
make
their
land
become
a
desolation,
A
hissing
age-during,
Every
passer
by
it
is
astonished,
And
bemoaneth
with
his
head.
18:17 As
an
east
wind
I
scatter
them
before
an
enemy,
The
neck,
and
not
the
face,
I
shew
them,
In
the
day
of
their
calamity.'
18:18 And
they
say,
Come,
And
we
devise
against
Jeremiah
devices,
For
law
doth
not
perish
from
the
priest,
Nor
counsel
from
the
wise,
Nor
the
word
from
the
prophet,
Come,
and
we
smite
him
with
the
tongue,
And
we
do
not
attend
to
any
of
his
words.
18:19 Give
attention,
O
Jehovah,
unto
me,
And
hearken
to
the
voice
of
those
contending
with
me.
18:20 Is
evil
recompensed
instead
of
good,
That
they
have
dug
a
pit
for
my
soul
Remember
my
standing
before
Thee
to
speak
good
of
them,
To
turn
back
Thy
wrath
from
them.
18:21 Therefore,
give
up
their
sons
to
famine,
And
cause
them
to
run
on
the
sides
of
the
sword,
And
their
wives
are
bereaved
and
widows,
And
their
men
are
slain
by
death,
Their
young
men
smitten
by
sword
in
battle,
18:22 A
cry
is
heard
from
their
houses,
For
Thou
bringest
against
them
suddenly
a
troop,
For
they
dug
a
pit
to
capture
me,
And
snares
they
have
hidden
for
my
feet.
18:23 And
Thou,
O
Jehovah,
Thou
hast
known,
All
their
counsel
against
me
[is]
for
death,
Thou
dost
not
cover
over
their
iniquity,
Nor
their
sin
from
before
Thee
blottest
out,
And
they
are
made
to
stumble
before
Thee,
In
the
time
of
Thine
anger
work
against
them!