<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, and go <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="3335">potter</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> I will cause thee to <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Then I went <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="3335">potter</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he <sn="6213">wrought</s> a <sn="4399">work</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="70">wheels</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="3627">vessel</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="6213">made</s> of <sn="2563">clay</s> was <sn="7843">marred</s> in the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3335">potter</s>: so he <sn="6213">made</s> it <sn="7725">again</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="3627">vessel</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="5869">seemed</s><sn="3474">good</s> to the <sn="3335">potter</s> to <sn="6213">make</s> it. </v>
<vn='5'>Then the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='6'>O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s> I <sn="6213">do</s> with you as <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3335">potter</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. <sn="2009">Behold</s>, as the <sn="2563">clay</s> is in the <sn="3335">potter</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> are <sn="859">ye</s> in mine <sn="3027">hand</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'> At what <sn="7281">instant</s> I shall <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s>, and <sn="5921">concerning</s> a <sn="4467">kingdom</s>, to pluck <sn="5428">up</s>, and to pull <sn="5422">down</s>, and to <sn="6">destroy</s> it; </v>
<vn='8'>If <sn="1931">that</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, <sn="5921">against</s><sn="834">whom</s> I have <sn="1696">pronounced</s>, <sn="7725">turn</s> from their <sn="4480 7451">evil</s>, I will <sn="5162">repent</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="2803">thought</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> unto them. </v>
<vn='9'>And at what <sn="7281">instant</s> I shall <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s>, and <sn="5921">concerning</s> a <sn="4467">kingdom</s>, to <sn="1129">build</s> and to <sn="5193">plant</s> it; </v>
<vn='10'>If it <sn="6213">do</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in my <sn="5869">sight</s>, that it <sn="8085">obey</s><sn="1115">not</s> my <sn="6963">voice</s>, then I will <sn="5162">repent</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="2896">good</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> I <sn="559">said</s> I would <sn="3190">benefit</s> them. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="4994">go</s> to, <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="3335">frame</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">against</s> you, and <sn="2803">devise</s> a <sn="4284">device</s><sn="5921">against</s> you: <sn="7725">return</s> ye <sn="4994">now</s> every <sn="376">one</s> from his <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4480 1870">way</s>, and make your <sn="1870">ways</s> and your <sn="4611">doings</s><sn="3190">good</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, There is no <sn="2976">hope</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> we will <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="310">after</s> our own <sn="4284">devices</s>, and we will every <sn="376">one</s><sn="6213">do</s> the <sn="8307">imagination</s> of his <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="7592">Ask</s> ye <sn="4994">now</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="428">such</s> things: the <sn="1330">virgin</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s> a <sn="3966">very</s> horrible <sn="8186">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Will a man <sn="5800">leave</s> the <sn="7950">snow</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s> which cometh from the <sn="4480 6697">rock</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>? or shall the <sn="7119">cold</s><sn="5140">flowing</s><sn="4325">waters</s> that come from another <sn="2114">place</s> be <sn="5428">forsaken</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">Because</s> my <sn="5971">people</s> hath <sn="7911">forgotten</s> me, they have burned <sn="6999">incense</s> to <sn="7723">vanity</s>, and they have caused them to <sn="3782">stumble</s> in their <sn="1870">ways</s> from the <sn="5769">ancient</s><sn="7635">paths</s>, to <sn="1980">walk</s> in <sn="5410">paths</s>, in a <sn="1870">way</s><sn="3808">not</s> cast <sn="5549">up</s>; </v>
<vn='16'>To <sn="7760">make</s> their <sn="776">land</s><sn="8047">desolate</s>, and a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="8292">hissing</s>; every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="5674">passeth</s><sn="5921">thereby</s> shall be <sn="8074">astonished</s>, and <sn="5110">wag</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>I will <sn="6327">scatter</s> them as with an <sn="6921">east</s><sn="7307">wind</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="341">enemy</s>; I will <sn="7200">show</s> them the <sn="6203">back</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="6440">face</s>, in the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="343">calamity</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then <sn="559">said</s> they, <sn="1980">Come</s>, and let us <sn="2803">devise</s><sn="4284">devices</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="8451">law</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6">perish</s> from the <sn="4480 3548">priest</s>, nor <sn="6098">counsel</s> from the <sn="4480 2450">wise</s>, nor the <sn="1697">word</s> from the <sn="4480 5030">prophet</s>. <sn="1980">Come</s>, and let us <sn="5221">smite</s> him with the <sn="3956">tongue</s>, and let us <sn="408">not</s> give <sn="7181">heed</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">any</s> of his <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Give <sn="7181">heed</s><sn="413">to</s> me, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="8085">hearken</s> to the <sn="6963">voice</s> of them that <sn="3401">contend</s> with me. </v>
<vn='20'>Shall <sn="7451">evil</s> be <sn="7999">recompensed</s><sn="8478">for</s><sn="2896">good</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="3738">digged</s> a <sn="7745">pit</s> for my <sn="5315">soul</s>. <sn="2142">Remember</s> that I <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="5921">for</s> them, and to turn <sn="7725">away</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="2534">wrath</s><sn="4480">from</s> them. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> deliver <sn="5414">up</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1121">children</s> to the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and pour <sn="5064">out</s> their blood <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3027">force</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and let their <sn="802">wives</s><sn="1961">be</s> bereaved of their <sn="7909">children</s>, and be <sn="490">widows</s>; and let their <sn="376">men</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="2026">put</s> to <sn="4194">death</s>; let their young <sn="970">men</s> be <sn="5221">slain</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s> in <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Let a <sn="2201">cry</s> be <sn="8085">heard</s> from their <sn="4480 1004">houses</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> thou shalt <sn="935">bring</s> a <sn="1416">troop</s><sn="6597">suddenly</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="3738">digged</s> a <sn="7745">pit</s> to <sn="3920">take</s> me, and <sn="2934">hid</s><sn="6341">snares</s> for my <sn="7272">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Yet, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="6098">counsel</s><sn="5921">against</s> me to <sn="4194">slay</s> me: <sn="3722">forgive</s><sn="408">not</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> blot <sn="4229">out</s> their <sn="2403">sin</s> from thy <sn="4480 6440">sight</s>, but let them <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3782">overthrown</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee; <sn="6213">deal</s> thus with them in the <sn="6256">time</s> of thine <sn="639">anger</s>. </v>