Jeremiah 18

¹The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

²Arise, and go downe into the potters house, and there shall I shewe thee my words.

³Then I went downe to the potters house, and behold, he wrought a worke on the wheeles.

⁴And the vessell that he made of clay, was broken in the hand of the potter. so he returned, and made it another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

⁵Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

⁶O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, sayth the Lord? beholde, as the clay is in the potters hande, so are you in mine hande, O house of Israel.

⁷I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it.

⁸But if this nation, against whom I haue pronounced, turne from their wickednesse, I will repent of the plague that I thought to bring vpon them.

⁹And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to builde it and to plant it.

¹⁰But if it do euill in my sight and heare not my voyce, I will repent of ye good that I thought to do for them.

¹¹Speake thou nowe therefore vnto the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, saying, Thus saith ye Lord, Behold, I prepare a plague for you, and purpose a thing against you: returne you therefore euery one from his euill way, and make your wayes and your workes good.

¹²But they sayde desperately, Surely wee will walke after our owne imaginations, and doe euery man after the stubburnnesse of his wicked heart.