1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 18

1 Under the type of a potter is shewed God's absolute power in disposing of nations. 11 Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt. 18 Jeremiah prayeth against his conspirators.

 18:1 The word 1697 which 834 came 1961 to Jeremiah 3414 from the LORD 3068 saying 559,

 18:2 “Arise 6965 and go 3381 down 3381 to the potter’s 3335 house 1004, and there 8033 I will announce 8085 My words 1697 to you.”

 18:3 Then I went 3381 down 3381 to the potter’s 3335 house 1004, and there 2009 he was, making 6213a something 4399 on the wheel 70.

 18:4 But the vessel 3627 that he was making 6213a of clay 2563a was spoiled 7843 in the hand 3027 of the potter 3335; so he remade 7725 6213a it into another 312 vessel 3627, as it pleased 5869 3474 the potter 3335 to make 6213a.

 18:5 ¶ Then the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to me saying 559,

 18:6 “Can 3201 I not, O house 1004 of Israel 3478, deal 6213a with you as this 2088 potter 3335 [does]?” declares 5002 the LORD 3068. “Behold 2009, like the clay 2563a in the potter’s 3335 hand 3027, so 3651 are you in My hand 3027, O house 1004 of Israel 3478.

 18:7 “At one moment 7281 I might speak 1696 concerning 5921 a nation 1471 or concerning 5921 a kingdom 4467 to uproot 5428, to pull 5422 down 5422, or to destroy 6 [it];

 18:8 if that nation 1471 against 5921 which 834 I have spoken 1696 turns 7725 from its evil 7463a, I will relent 5162 concerning 5921 the calamity 7463a I planned 2803 to bring 6213a on it.

 18:9 “Or at another moment 7281 I might speak 1696 concerning 5921 a nation 1471 or concerning 5921 a kingdom 4467 to build 1129 up or to plant 5193 [it];

 18:10 if it does 6213a evil 7451a in My sight 5869 by not obeying 8085 My voice 6963, then I will think 5162 better 5162 of the good 2899b with which 834 I had promised 559 to bless 3190 it.

 18:11 “So now 6258 then, speak 559 to the men 376 of Judah 3063 and against 5921 the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389 saying 559, ‘Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “Behold 2009, I am fashioning 3335 calamity 7463a against 5921 you and devising 2803 a plan 4284 against 5921 you. Oh 4994 turn 7725 back 7725, each 376 of you from his evil 7451a way 1870, and reform 3190 your ways 1870 and your deeds 4611.”’

 18:12 “But they will say 559, ‘It’s hopeless 2976! For we are going 1980 to follow 310 1980 our own plans 4284, and each 376 of us will act 6213a according to the stubbornness 8307 of his evil 7451a heart 3820.’

 18:13 ¶ “Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, ‘Ask 7592 now 4994 among the nations 1471, Who 4310 ever heard 8085 the like of this 428? The virgin 1330 of Israel 3478 Has done 6213a a most 3966 appalling 8186b thing 8186b.

 18:14 ‘Does the snow 7950 of Lebanon 3844 forsake 5800a the rock 6697 of the open country 7706a? Or 518 is the cold 7119 flowing 5140 water 4325 [from] a foreign 2114a [land] ever snatched 5428 away 5428?

 18:15 ‘For My people 5971a have forgotten 7911 Me, They burn 6999 incense 6999 to worthless 7723 gods And they have stumbled 3782 from their ways 1870, From the ancient 5769 paths 7635, To walk 1980 in bypaths 5410b, Not on a highway 1870 5549,

 18:16 To make 7760 their land 776 a desolation 8047, [An object of] perpetual 5769 hissing 8292; Everyone 3605 who passes 5674a by it will be astonished 8074 And shake 5110 his head 7218.

 18:17 ‘Like an east 6921 wind 7307 I will scatter 6327a them Before 6440 the enemy 340; I will show 7200 them My back 6203 and not [My] face 6440 In the day 3117 of their calamity 343.’”

 18:18 ¶ Then they said 559, “Come 1980 and let us devise 2803 plans 4284 against 5921 Jeremiah 3414. Surely 3588 the law 8451 is not going to be lost 6 to the priest 3548, nor 3808 counsel 6098 to the sage 2450, nor 3808 the [divine] word 1697 to the prophet 5030! Come 1980 on and let us strike 5221 at him with [our] tongue 3956, and let us give 7181 no 408 heed 7181 to any 3605 of his words 1697.”

 18:19 ¶ Do give 7181 heed 7181 to me, O LORD 3068, And listen 8085 to what 6963 my opponents 3401 are saying 6963!

 18:20 Should good 2899b be repaid 7999a with evil 7463a? For they have dug 3738a a pit 7745 for me. Remember 2142 how I stood 5975 before 6440 You To speak 1696 good 2899b on their behalf 5921, So as to turn 7725 away 7725 Your wrath 2534 from them.

 18:21 Therefore 3651, give 5414 their children 1121 over to famine 7458 And deliver 5064 them up to the power 3027 of the sword 2719; And let their wives 802 become 1961 childless 7909b and widowed 490. Let their men 376 also be smitten 2026 to death 4194, Their young 970 men 970 struck 5221 down 5221 by the sword 2719 in battle 4421.

 18:22 May an outcry 2201 be heard 8085 from their houses 1004, When 3588 You suddenly 6597 bring 935 raiders 1416 upon them; For they have dug 3738a a pit 7745 to capture 3920 me And hidden 2934 snares 6341a for my feet 7272.

 18:23 Yet You, O LORD 3068, know 3045 All 3605 their deadly 4194 designs 6098 against 5921 me; Do not forgive 3722a their iniquity 5771 Or blot 4229a out their sin 2403b from Your sight 6440. But may they be overthrown 3782 before 6440 You; Deal 6213a with them in the time 6256 of Your anger 639!