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18The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
²Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
³Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
⁴And 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.
⁵Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
⁶O 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.
⁷At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
⁸If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
⁹And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
¹⁰If 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.
¹¹Now 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.
¹⁸Then 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.
¹⁹Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
²⁰Shall 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.