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1. The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
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1. The word H1697 which H834 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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2. Rise, and thou hast gone down to the potter`s house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
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2. Arise H6965 , and go down H3381 to the potter H3335 's house H1004 , and there H8033 I will cause thee to hear H8085 H853 my words H1697 .
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3. and I go down to the potter`s house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,
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3. Then I went down H3381 to the potter H3335 's house H1004 , and, behold H2009 , he wrought H6213 a work H4399 on H5921 the wheels H70 .
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4. and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.
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4. And the vessel H3627 that H834 he H1931 made H6213 of clay H2563 was marred H7843 in the hand H3027 of the potter H3335 : so he made H6213 it again H7725 another H312 vessel H3627 , as H834 seemed H5869 good H3474 to the potter H3335 to make H6213 it .
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5. And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:
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5. Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 me, saying H559 ,
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6. As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So are ye in My hand, O house of Israel.
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6. O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , cannot H3808 H3201 I do H6213 with you as this H2088 potter H3335 ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 . Behold H2009 , as the clay H2563 is in the potter H3335 's hand H3027 , so H3651 are ye H859 in mine hand H3027 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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7. The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,
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7. At what instant H7281 I shall speak H1696 concerning H5921 a nation H1471 , and concerning H5921 a kingdom H4467 , to pluck up H5428 , and to pull down H5422 , and to destroy H6 it ;
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8. And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.
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8. If that H1931 nation H1471 , against H5921 whom H834 I have pronounced H1696 , turn H7725 from their evil H4480 H7451 , I will repent H5162 of H5921 the evil H7451 that H834 I thought H2803 to do H6213 unto them.
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9. And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,
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9. And at what instant H7281 I shall speak H1696 concerning H5921 a nation H1471 , and concerning H5921 a kingdom H4467 , to build H1129 and to plant H5193 it ;
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10. And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.
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10. If it do H6213 evil H7451 in my sight H5869 , that it obey H8085 not H1115 my voice H6963 , then I will repent H5162 of H5921 the good H2896 , wherewith H834 I said H559 I would benefit H3190 them.
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11. And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.
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11. Now H6258 therefore go H4994 to, speak H559 to H413 the men H376 of Judah H3063 , and to H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , I H595 frame H3335 evil H7451 against H5921 you , and devise H2803 a device H4284 against H5921 you: return H7725 ye now H4994 every one H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 , and make your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 good H3190 .
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12. And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.
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12. And they said H559 , There is no hope H2976 : but H3588 we will walk H1980 after H310 our own devices H4284 , and we will every one H376 do H6213 the imagination H8307 of his evil H7451 heart H3820 .
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13. Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done.
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13. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Ask H7592 ye now H4994 among the heathen H1471 , who H4310 hath heard H8085 such H428 things : the virgin H1330 of Israel H3478 hath done H6213 a very H3966 horrible thing H8186 .
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14. Doth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow?
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14. Will a man leave H5800 the snow H7950 of Lebanon H3844 which cometh from the rock H4480 H6697 of the field H7704 ? or shall the cold H7119 flowing H5140 waters H4325 that come from another place H2114 be forsaken H5428 ?
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15. But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,
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15. Because H3588 my people H5971 hath forgotten H7911 me , they have burned incense H6999 to vanity H7723 , and they have caused them to stumble H3782 in their ways H1870 from the ancient H5769 paths H7635 , to walk H1980 in paths H5410 , in a way H1870 not H3808 cast up H5549 ;
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16. To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.
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16. To make H7760 their land H776 desolate H8047 , and a perpetual H5769 hissing H8292 ; every one H3605 that passeth H5674 thereby H5921 shall be astonished H8074 , and wag H5110 his head H7218 .
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17. As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.`
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17. I will scatter H6327 them as with an east H6921 wind H7307 before H6440 the enemy H341 ; I will show H7200 them the back H6203 , and not H3808 the face H6440 , in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 .
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18. And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.
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18. Then said H559 they, Come H1980 , and let us devise H2803 devices H4284 against H5921 Jeremiah H3414 ; for H3588 the law H8451 shall not H3808 perish H6 from the priest H4480 H3548 , nor counsel H6098 from the wise H4480 H2450 , nor the word H1697 from the prophet H4480 H5030 . Come H1980 , and let us smite H5221 him with the tongue H3956 , and let us not H408 give heed H7181 to H413 any H3605 of his words H1697 .
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19. Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.
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19. Give heed H7181 to H413 me , O LORD H3068 , and hearken H8085 to the voice H6963 of them that contend H3401 with me.
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20. Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
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20. Shall evil H7451 be recompensed H7999 for H8478 good H2896 ? for H3588 they have digged H3738 a pit H7745 for my soul H5315 . Remember H2142 that I stood H5975 before H6440 thee to speak H1696 good H2896 for H5921 them, and to turn away H7725 H853 thy wrath H2534 from H4480 them.
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21. Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,
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21. Therefore H3651 deliver up H5414 H853 their children H1121 to the famine H7458 , and pour out H5064 their blood by H5921 the force H3027 of the sword H2719 ; and let their wives H802 be H1961 bereaved of their children H7909 , and be widows H490 ; and let their men H376 be H1961 put H2026 to death H4194 ; let their young men H970 be slain H5221 by the sword H2719 in battle H4421 .
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22. A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.
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22. Let a cry H2201 be heard H8085 from their houses H4480 H1004 , when H3588 thou shalt bring H935 a troop H1416 suddenly H6597 upon H5921 them: for H3588 they have digged H3738 a pit H7745 to take H3920 me , and hid H2934 snares H6341 for my feet H7272 .
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23. And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me is for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!
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23. Yet, LORD H3068 , thou H859 knowest H3045 H853 all H3605 their counsel H6098 against H5921 me to slay H4194 me : forgive H3722 not H408 their iniquity H5771 , neither H408 blot out H4229 their sin H2403 from thy sight H4480 H6440 , but let them be H1961 overthrown H3782 before H6440 thee; deal H6213 thus with them in the time H6256 of thine anger H639 .
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