nkjv Jeremiah:18:1-19 SEEK
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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Arise and go down to the potter '
s house ,
and there I will cause you to hear My words ."
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Then I went down to the potter '
s house ,
and there he was ,
making something at the wheel .
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And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter ;
so he made it again into another vessel ,
as it seemed good to the potter to make .
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Then the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying :
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O house of Israel ,
can I not do with you as this potter ?"
says the LORD . "
Look ,
as the clay is in the potter '
s hand ,
so are you in My hand ,
O house of Israel !
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The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom ,
to pluck up ,
to pull down ,
and to destroy it ,
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if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil ,
I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it .
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And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom ,
to build and to plant it ,
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if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice ,
then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it .
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Now therefore ,
speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
saying , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you .
Return now every one from his evil way ,
and make your ways and your doings good .""'
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And they said , "
That is hopeless !
So we will walk according to our own plans ,
and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart ."
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Therefore thus says the LORD : "
Ask now among the Gentiles ,
Who has heard such things ?
The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing .
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Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon ,
Which comes from the rock of the field ?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters ?
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Because My people have forgotten Me ,
They have burned incense to worthless idols .
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways ,
From the ancient paths ,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway ,
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To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing ;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake 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 not the face In the day of their calamity ."
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Then they said , "
Come and let us devise plans 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 attack him with the tongue ,
and let us not give heed to any of his words ."
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Give heed to me ,
O LORD ,
And listen to the voice of those who contend with me !