English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 18, verse 45 in Nlv Version

Jeremiah 18 : 1 (NLV)

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying,

Jeremiah 18 : 2 (NLV)

"Go down to the pot-maker's house, and there I will let you hear My words."

Jeremiah 18 : 3 (NLV)

So I went down to the pot-maker's house, and saw him making one on the wheel.

Jeremiah 18 : 4 (NLV)

But the pot he was making of clay did not come out like he wanted it. So the pot-maker used the clay to make another pot that pleased him.

Jeremiah 18 : 5 (NLV)

Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Jeremiah 18 : 6 (NLV)

"O people of Israel, can I not do with you as this potmaker has done?" says the Lord. "Like the clay in the pot-maker's hand, so are you in My hand, O people of Israel.

Jeremiah 18 : 7 (NLV)

If at any time I speak about a nation, to pull up, and to break down and to destroy,

Jeremiah 18 : 8 (NLV)

and if that nation I spoke against turns from its sin, then I will change My mind about the trouble I planned to bring upon it.

Jeremiah 18 : 9 (NLV)

If at another time I speak about a nation, that I will build and plant it,

Jeremiah 18 : 10 (NLV)

and if it does what is sinful in My eyes by not obeying My voice, then I will change My mind about the good I had promised to bring to it.

Jeremiah 18 : 11 (NLV)

So now speak to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. Tell them, 'The Lord says, "See, I am making trouble for you and making a plan against you. So each of you turn from your sinful way. Change your ways and your works." '

Jeremiah 18 : 12 (NLV)

But they will say, 'There is no hope! For we are going to follow our own plans. Each of us will act in the strong-will of his sinful heart.'

Jeremiah 18 : 13 (NLV)

"So the Lord says, 'Ask now among the nations: Who has heard such things? Pure Israel has done a very sinful thing.

Jeremiah 18 : 14 (NLV)

Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky mountains? Does the cold flowing water of other lands ever dry up?

Jeremiah 18 : 15 (NLV)

But My people have forgotten Me. They burn special perfume to false gods of no worth. They have fallen in their ways, from the old paths, and have gone on side roads, not on the straight road.

Jeremiah 18 : 16 (NLV)

They make their land a waste, a thing that is spoken against forever. Everyone who passes by it will be surprised and shake his head.

Jeremiah 18 : 17 (NLV)

I will send them out everywhere like an east wind in front of those who hate them. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their trouble.' "

Jeremiah 18 : 18 (NLV)

They said, "Come and let us make plans against Jeremiah. For the Law is not going to be lost to the religious leader, or wise words to the wise man, or the Word of God to the man of God! Come and let us hurt him with our tongue, and let us not listen to any of his words."

Jeremiah 18 : 19 (NLV)

Think of me, O Lord, and listen to what those who hate me are saying!

Jeremiah 18 : 20 (NLV)

Should bad be given in return for good? Yet they have dug a deep hole for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn Your anger away from them.

Jeremiah 18 : 21 (NLV)

So give their children over to hunger. Give them up to the power of the sword. Let their wives lose their children and husbands. Let their men be put to death. And let their young men be killed by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 18 : 22 (NLV)

May a cry be heard from their houses when You bring an army upon them by surprise. For they have dug a deep hole to take me, and have hidden traps for my feet.

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Yet You, O Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrong-doing or cover their sin from Your eyes. Let them be taken down before You. Punish them in the time of Your anger.