1This is the word that came to Jeremiah…
2“Go down at once to the potter’s house,…
3So I went down to the potter’s house…
4But the vessel that he was shaping from…
5Then the word of the LORD came to…
6“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can…
7At any time I might announce that a…
8But if that nation I warned turns from…
9And if at another time I announce that…
10and if it does evil in My sight…
11Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and…
12But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We…
13Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire…
14Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its…
15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn…
16They have made their land a desolation, a…
17I will scatter them before the enemy like…
18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans…
19Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my…
20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they…
21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour…
22Let a cry be heard from their houses…
23But You, O LORD, know all their deadly…
