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Jeremiah 18:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. "
Jeremiah 18:16
Verse in Context
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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;
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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.
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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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