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| [1]This is another communication that God had with Ieremie, saying |
[1]The word that came from the Lord to |
| [2]Arise, and go downe into the potters house, & there shal I tell thee more of my mynde |
[2]Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words. |
| [3]Nowe when I came to the potters house, I founde hym makyng his worke vpon a wheele |
[3]So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones. |
| [4]The vessell that the potter made of clay, brake among his handes: So he began a newe, and made another vessell accordyng to his mynde |
[4]And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make it. |
| [5]Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me |
[5]And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, |
| [6]May not I do with you as this potter doth O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde? Beholde ye house of Israel, ye are in my hande, euen as the clay is in the potters hande |
[6]Shall I not be able, O house of Israel, to do to you as this potter? behold, as the clay of the potter are ye in my hands. |
| [7]When I take in hande to roote out, to destroy, or to waste away any people or kyngdome |
[7]If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them; |
| [8]If that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuised, conuert from their wickednesse, I repent of the plague that I deuised to bryng vpon them |
[8]and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them. |
| [9]Agayne, when I take in hande to builde or to plant a people or a kyngdome |
[9]And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it; |
| [10]If the same people do euyll before me and heare not my voyce, I repent of the good that I haue deuised for them |
[10]and they do evil before me, so as not to hearken to my voice, then will I repent of the good which I spoke of, to do it to them. |
| [11]Speake nowe therfore vnto whole Iuda, and to them that dwell at Hierusalem, thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I am deuisyng a plague for you, and am takyng a thyng in hande agaynst you: therfore let euery man turne from his euyll way, and take vpon you the thyng that is good and ryght |
[11]And now say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Behold, I prepare evils against you, and devise a device against you: let every one turn now from his evil way, and amend your practices. |
| [12]But they sayde, No more of this, we wyll folowe our owne imaginations, and do euery man accordyng to the wilfulnesse of his owne mynde |
[12]And they said, We will quit ourselves like men, for we will pursue our perverse ways, and we will perform each the lusts of his evil heart. |
| [13]Therfore thus saith the Lorde, Aske among the heathen yf any man haue hearde such horrible thynges, as the mayden Israel hath done |
[13]Therefore thus saith the Lord; Enquire now among the nations, who has heard such very horrible things as the virgin of Israel has done? |
| [14]Wyll a man forsake the showe of Libanus, which commeth from the rocke of the fielde? Or shall the colde flowyng waters that commeth from another place be forsaken |
[14]Will fertilising streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Libanus? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside? |
| [15]But my people hath forgotten me, they haue made sacrifice in vayne, and their prophetes make them fall in their wayes from the auncient pathes, and to go into a way not vsed to be troden [of iust men. |
[15]For my people have forgotten me, they have offered incense in vain, and they fail in their ways, leaving the ancient tracks, to enter upon impassable paths; |
| [16]Wherethrough they haue brought their lande into an euerlastyng wildernesse and scorne: so that whosoeuer trauayleth therby, shalbe abashed, and wagge their heades |
[16]to make their land a desolation, and a perpetual hissing; all that go through it shall be amazed, and shall shake their heads. |
| [17]With an east wynde wyll I scatter them before their enemies: and when their destruction commeth, I wil turne my backe vpon them, but not my face |
[17]I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will shew them the day of their destruction. |
| [18]Then sayd they, Come, let vs imagine somethyng agaynst this Ieremie: for the priestes shall not be destitute of the lawe, neither shall the wise men be destitute of counsayle, nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God: Come, and let vs smite hym with the tongue, and let vs not marke all his wordes |
[18]Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device against Jeremias; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words. |
| [19]Consider me O Lorde, and heare the voyce of mine enemies |
[19]Hear me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my pleading. |
| [20]Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them |
[20]Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before thy face, to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them. |
| [21]Therfore, let their children dye of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sworde: Let their wiues be robbed of their children, and become widowes, let their husbandes be slayne, let their young men be kylled with the sworde in the fielde |
[21]Therefore do thou deliver their sons to famine, and gather them to the power of the sword: let their women be childless and widows; and let their men be cut off by death, and their young men fall by the sword in war. |
| [22]Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete |
[22]Let there be a cry in their houses: thou shalt bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me. |
| [23]Yet Lorde thou knowest all their counsayle, that they haue deuised to slay me, forgeue not their wickednesse, and let not their sinnes be put out of thy sight, but let them be iudged before thee as giltie: this do thou vnto them in the tyme of thine indignation |
[23]And thou, Lord, knowest all their deadly counsel against me: account not their iniquities guiltless, and blot not out their sins from before thee: let their weakness come before thee; deal with them in the time of thy wrath. |