The word
which came to Jeremiah
from the LORD,
saying,
Arise,
and go down
to the potter's
house,
and there I will cause thee to hear
my words.
Then I went down
to the potter's
house,
and, behold,
he wrought
a work
on the wheels.
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.
fall away
διέπεσεν
diepesen
Then the word
of the LORD
came to me, saying,
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.
At what instant
I shall speak
concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom,
to pluck up,
and to pull down,
and to destroy
it;
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.
And at what instant
I shall speak
concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom,
to build
and to plant
it;
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.
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.
say
pursuit
ἐπιτηδεύματα
epitēdeumata
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.
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.
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?
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;
rush
σχοίνους
schoinous
To make
their land
desolate,
and a perpetual
hissing;
every one that passeth
thereby shall be astonished,
and wag
his head.
sound of a pipe
σύριγμα
syrigma
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.
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.
say
Give heed
to me, O LORD,
and hearken
to the voice
of them that contend
with me.
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.
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.
gather round
ἄθροισον
athroison
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.
put one's hand in
ἐνεχείρησαν
enecheirēsan
taking together: a seizing
σύλλημψίν
syllēmpsin
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.
hold guiltless
ἀθῳώσῃς
athōōsēs
