1The word which came to Jeremiah from the…
2“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house,…
3Then I went down to the potter’s house,…
4When the vessel that he made of the…
5Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
6“House of Israel, can’t I do with you…
7At the instant I speak concerning a nation,…
8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken,…
9At the instant I speak concerning a nation,…
10if they do that which is evil in…
11“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah,…
12But they say, ‘It is in vain; for…
13Therefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the…
14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the…
15For my people have forgotten me. They have…
16to make their land an astonishment, and a…
17I will scatter them as with an east…
18Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against…
19Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to…
20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they…
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,…
22Let a cry be heard from their houses…
23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against…
