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| [1]This is another communication that God had with Ieremie, saying |
[1]The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, |
| [2]Arise, and go downe into the potters house, & there shal I tell thee more of my mynde |
[2]Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. |
| [3]Nowe when I came to the potters house, I founde hym makyng his worke vpon a wheele |
[3]Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. |
| [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 that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. |
| [5]Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me |
[5]Then 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]O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. |
| [7]When I take in hande to roote out, to destroy, or to waste away any people or kyngdome |
[7]At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; |
| [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]If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. |
| [9]Agayne, when I take in hande to builde or to plant a people or a kyngdome |
[9]And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build 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]If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit 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]Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. |
| [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, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination 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; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. |
| [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 a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? |
| [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]Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; |
| [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 desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. |
| [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 as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. |
| [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 said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; 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 let us not give heed to any of his words. |
| [19]Consider me O Lorde, and heare the voyce of mine enemies |
[19]Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. |
| [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]Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and 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 deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. |
| [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 a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. |
| [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]Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. |