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Jeremiah 18:11 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Jeremiah 18:11
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And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant
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
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.
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.
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Jeremiah 18:1
"The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 18:2
"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words."
Jeremiah 18:3
"Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels."
Jeremiah 18:4
"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"
Jeremiah 18:5
"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,"
Jeremiah 18:6
"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."
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