Jeremiah:18:1-19
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The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord ,
saying ,
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Arise ,
and go downe into the potters house ,
and there shall I shewe thee my words .
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Then I went downe to the potters house , &
amp ;
behold ,
he wrought a worke on the wheeles .
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And the vessel that he made of (
note :)
As the potter has power over the clay to make what pot he will ,
or to break them ,
when he has made them :
so have I power over you to do with you as seems good to me , (
Isa_45
:9 ;
Rom_9
:20-21 ).(:
note )
clay was marred in the hand of the potter :
so he made it again another vessel ,
as it seemed good to the potter to make [
it ].
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Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me ,
saying ,
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O house of Israel ,
cannot I doe with you as this potter ,
sayth the Lord ?
beholde ,
as the clay is in the potters hande ,
so are you in mine hande ,
O house of Israel .
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I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp ,
and to roote it out and to destroy it .
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If that nation ,
against which I have pronounced ,
shall turn from their evil ,
I will (
note :)
When the Scripture attributes repentance to God ,
it is not that he does contrary to that which he has ordained in his secret counsel :
but when he threatens it is a calling to repentance ,
and when he gives man grace to repent ,
the threatening (
which ever contains a condition in it )
takes no place :
and this the scripture calls repentance in God ,
because it so appears to man '
s judgment .(:
note )
repent of the evil that I thought to do to them .
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And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nation ,
and concerning a kingdome to builde it and to plant it .
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But if it do euill in my sight and heare not my voyce ,
I will repent of ye good that I thought to do for them .
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Speake thou nowe therefore vnto the men of Iudah ,
and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem ,
saying ,
Thus saith ye Lord ,
Behold ,
I prepare a plague for you ,
and purpose a thing against you :
returne you therefore euery one from his euill way ,
and make your wayes and your workes good .
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And they said , (
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As men who had no remorse but were altogether bent to rebellion and to their own selfwill .(:
note )
There is no hope :
but we will walk after our own plots ,
and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord ,
Aske now among the heathen ,
who hath heard such thinges ?
the virgin of Israel hath done very filthily .
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Will [
a man ]
leave the snow of Lebanon [
which cometh ]
from the rock of the field ? (
note :)
As no man that has thirst refuses fresh waters which he has at home ,
to go and seek waters abroad to quench his thirst :
so they should not seek help and comfort from strangers and leave God who was present with them .(:
note ) [
or ]
shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken ?
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Because my people hath forgotten me ,
they have burned incense to vanity ,
and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [
from ]
the (
note :)
That is ,
the way of truth which God had taught by his law , (
Jer_6
:16 ).(:
note )
ancient paths ,
to walk in paths , [
in ]
a way not cast up ;
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To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision ,
so that euery one that passeth thereby ,
shalbe astonished and wagge his head ,
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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy ;
I will show them the back ,
and (
note :)
I will show my anger and not my favour toward them .(:
note )
not the face ,
in the day of their calamity .
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Then said they ,
Come ,
and let us devise plots against Jeremiah ;
for the law (
note :)
This argument the wicked have always used against the servants of God .
The church cannot err :
we are the Church ,
and therefore whoever speaks against us ,
they ought to die , (
1Ki_22
:24 ;
Jer_7
:4 ,
Jer_20
:2 ;
Mal_2
:4 )
and thus the false Church persecutes the true Church ,
which stands not in outward pomp ,
and in multitude ,
but is known by the graces of the Holy Spirit .(:
note )
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 Let us slander him and accuse him :
for we will be believed .
tongue ,
and let us not give heed to any of his words .
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Hearken vnto mee ,
O Lorde ,
and heare the voyce of them that contend with me .
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