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1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah (whom YHWH has appointed) from the LORD {YHWH}: 2 “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do. 5 Then the word of the LORD {YHWH} came to me, saying, 6 “O house of Israel (he wrestles with God), declares the LORD {YHWH}, can I not treat you⁺ as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you⁺ in My hand, O house of Israel. 7 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. 8 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. Jeremiah 18:1-8, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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