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World English Bible

Jeremiah 18 (WEBP)

[1] The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
[2] “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
[3] Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
[4] When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
[5] Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[6] “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
[7] At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
[8] if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
[9] At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
[10] if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
[11] “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
[12] But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
[13] Therefore Yahweh says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
[14] Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
[15] For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
[16] to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
[17] I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
[18] Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
[19] Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
[20] Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
[21] Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
[22] Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
[23] Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 18 (KJVS)

[1] The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
[2] Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
[3] Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
[4] And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
[5] Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
[6] O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
[7] At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
[8] if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
[9] And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
[10] if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
[11] Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
[12] And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
[14] Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
[15] Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
[16] to make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
[17] I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
[18] Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
[19] Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
[20] Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
[21] Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
[22] Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
[23] Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Jeremiah 18:3 Or, frames or seats
Jeremiah 18:4 Heb. returned and made
Jeremiah 18:14 Or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?
Jeremiah 18:18 Or, for the tongue
Jeremiah 18:21 Heb. pours them out
Jeremiah 18:23 Heb. for death

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 18 (BYZ)

[1] Ὁ () λόγος () ὁ () γενόμενος () παρὰ () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () λέγων ()
[2] Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () κατάβηθι () εἰς () οἶκον () τοῦ () κεραμέως, () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἀκούσῃ () τοὺς () λόγους () μου. ()
[3] Καὶ () κατέβην () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () κεραμέως, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () αὐτὸς () ἐποίει () ἔργον () ἐπὶ () τῶν () λίθων· ()
[4] καὶ () διέπεσεν τὸ () ἀγγεῖον, () ὃ () αὐτὸς () ἐποίει, () ἐν () ταῖς () χερσὶν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πάλιν () αὐτὸς () ἐποίησεν () αὐτὸ () ἀγγεῖον () ἕτερον, () καθὼς () ἤρεσεν () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρός () με () λέγων ()
[6] Εἰ () καθὼς () ὁ () κεραμεὺς () οὗτος () οὐ () δυνήσομαι () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () ὑμᾶς, () οἶκος () Ισραηλ; () Ἰδοὺ () ὡς () ὁ () πηλὸς () τοῦ () κεραμέως () ὑμεῖς () ἐστε () ἐν () ταῖς () χερσίν () μου. ()
[7] Πέρας () λαλήσω () ἐπὶ () ἔθνος () ἢ () ἐπὶ () βασιλείαν () τοῦ () ἐξᾶραι () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () τοῦ () ἀπολλύειν, ()
[8] καὶ () ἐπιστραφῇ () τὸ () ἔθνος () ἐκεῖνο () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () κακῶν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () μετανοήσω () περὶ () τῶν () κακῶν, () ὧν () ἐλογισάμην () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () αὐτοῖς· ()
[9] καὶ () πέρας () λαλήσω () ἐπὶ () ἔθνος () καὶ () ἐπὶ () βασιλείαν () τοῦ () ἀνοικοδομεῖσθαι () καὶ () τοῦ () καταφυτεύεσθαι,
[10] καὶ () ποιήσωσιν () τὰ () πονηρὰ () ἐναντίον () μου () τοῦ () μὴ () ἀκούειν () τῆς () φωνῆς () μου, () καὶ () μετανοήσω () περὶ () τῶν () ἀγαθῶν, () ὧν () ἐλάλησα () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () αὐτοῖς. ()
[11] Καὶ () νῦν () εἰπὸν () πρὸς () ἄνδρας () Ιουδα καὶ () πρὸς () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () Ιερουσαλημ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () πλάσσω () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς () κακὰ () καὶ () λογίζομαι () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς () λογισμόν· () ἀποστραφήτω () δὴ () ἕκαστος () ἀπὸ () ὁδοῦ () αὐτοῦ () τῆς () πονηρᾶς, () καὶ () καλλίονα ποιήσετε () τὰ () ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπαν () Ἀνδριούμεθα, () ὅτι () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἀποστροφῶν ἡμῶν () πορευσόμεθα () καὶ () ἕκαστος () τὰ () ἀρεστὰ () τῆς () καρδίας () αὐτοῦ () τῆς () πονηρᾶς () ποιήσομεν. ()
[13] Διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἐρωτήσατε () δὴ () ἐν () ἔθνεσιν () Τίς () ἤκουσεν () τοιαῦτα () φρικτά, ἃ () ἐποίησεν () σφόδρα () παρθένος () Ισραηλ; ()
[14] Μὴ () ἐκλείψουσιν () ἀπὸ () πέτρας () μαστοὶ () ἢ () χιὼν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () Λιβάνου; Μὴ () ἐκκλινεῖ () ὕδωρ () βιαίως ἀνέμῳ () φερόμενον; ()
[15] Ὅτι () ἐπελάθοντό () μου () ὁ () λαός () μου, () εἰς () κενὸν () ἐθυμίασαν· () καὶ () ἀσθενήσουσιν () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν () σχοίνους αἰωνίους () τοῦ () ἐπιβῆναι () τρίβους () οὐκ () ἔχοντας () ὁδὸν () εἰς () πορείαν ()
[16] τοῦ () τάξαι () τὴν () γῆν () αὐτῶν () εἰς () ἀφανισμὸν () καὶ () σύριγμα αἰώνιον· () πάντες () οἱ () διαπορευόμενοι () δι’ () αὐτῆς () ἐκστήσονται () καὶ () κινήσουσιν () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτῶν. ()
[17] Ὡς () ἄνεμον () καύσωνα () διασπερῶ () αὐτοὺς () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτῶν, () δείξω () αὐτοῖς () ἡμέραν () ἀπωλείας () αὐτῶν. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπαν () Δεῦτε () λογισώμεθα () ἐπὶ () Ιερεμιαν () λογισμόν, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀπολεῖται () νόμος () ἀπὸ () ἱερέως () καὶ () βουλὴ () ἀπὸ () συνετοῦ () καὶ () λόγος () ἀπὸ () προφήτου· () δεῦτε () καὶ () πατάξωμεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () γλώσσῃ () καὶ () ἀκουσόμεθα () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () αὐτοῦ. ()—
[19] εἰσάκουσόν () μου, () κύριε, () καὶ () εἰσάκουσον () τῆς () φωνῆς () τοῦ () δικαιώματός () μου. ()
[20] Εἰ () ἀνταποδίδοται () ἀντὶ () ἀγαθῶν () κακά; () Ὅτι () συνελάλησαν () ῥήματα () κατὰ () τῆς () ψυχῆς () μου () καὶ () τὴν () κόλασιν () αὐτῶν () ἔκρυψάν () μοι· () μνήσθητι () ἑστηκότος () μου () κατὰ () πρόσωπόν () σου () τοῦ () λαλῆσαι () ὑπὲρ () αὐτῶν () ἀγαθὰ () τοῦ () ἀποστρέψαι () τὸν () θυμόν () σου () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[21] Διὰ () τοῦτο () δὸς () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτῶν () εἰς () λιμὸν () καὶ () ἄθροισον αὐτοὺς () εἰς () χεῖρας () μαχαίρας· () γενέσθωσαν () αἱ () γυναῖκες () αὐτῶν () ἄτεκνοι () καὶ () χῆραι, () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτῶν () γενέσθωσαν () ἀνῃρημένοι () θανάτῳ () καὶ () οἱ () νεανίσκοι () αὐτῶν () πεπτωκότες () μαχαίρᾳ () ἐν () πολέμῳ. ()
[22] Γενηθήτω () κραυγὴ () ἐν () ταῖς () οἰκίαις () αὐτῶν, () ἐπάξεις () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () λῃστὰς () ἄφνω, () ὅτι () ἐνεχείρησαν λόγον () εἰς () σύλλημψίν μου () καὶ () παγίδας () ἔκρυψαν () ἐπ’ () ἐμέ. ()
[23] Καὶ () σύ, () κύριε, () ἔγνως () ἅπασαν () τὴν () βουλὴν () αὐτῶν () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () εἰς () θάνατον· () μὴ () ἀθῳώσῃς τὰς () ἀδικίας () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτῶν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () σου () μὴ () ἐξαλείψῃς· () γενέσθω () ἡ () ἀσθένεια () αὐτῶν () ἐναντίον () σου, () ἐν () καιρῷ () θυμοῦ () σου () ποίησον () ἐν () αὐτοῖς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.