Jeremiah 18:1-17.
Jeremiah 18.1-17
Jeremiah Goes to the Pottery Shop
"The Lord told me, "Go to the pottery shop, and when you get there, I
will tell you what to say to the people."
I went there and saw the potter making clay pots on his pottery wheel.
And whenever the clay would not take the shape he wanted, he would
change his mind and form it into some other shape.
Then the Lord told me to say:
People of Israel, I, the Lord, have power over you, just as a potter
has power over clay. If I threaten to uproot and shatter an evil
nation and that nation turns from its evil, I will change my mind. If
I promise to make a nation strong, but its people start disobeying me
and doing evil, then I will change my mind and not help them at all.So
listen to me, people of Judah and Jerusalem! I have decided to strike
you with disaster, and I won't change my mind unless you stop sinning
and start living right. But I know you won't listen. You might as well
answer, "We don't care what you say. We have made plans to sin, and we
are going to be stubborn and do what we want!" So I, the Lord, command
you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a
horrible sin as what you have done. The snow on Lebanon's mountains
never melts away, and the streams there never run dry. But you, my
people, have turned from me to burn incense to worthless idols. You
have left the ancient road to follow an unknown path where you stumble
over idols. Your land will be ruined, and every passerby will look at
it with horror and make insulting remarks. When your enemies attack, I
will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day
of disaster, I will turn my back on you."
God bless you.
Jeremiah Goes to the Pottery Shop
"The Lord told me, "Go to the pottery shop, and when you get there, I
will tell you what to say to the people."
I went there and saw the potter making clay pots on his pottery wheel.
And whenever the clay would not take the shape he wanted, he would
change his mind and form it into some other shape.
Then the Lord told me to say:
People of Israel, I, the Lord, have power over you, just as a potter
has power over clay. If I threaten to uproot and shatter an evil
nation and that nation turns from its evil, I will change my mind. If
I promise to make a nation strong, but its people start disobeying me
and doing evil, then I will change my mind and not help them at all.So
listen to me, people of Judah and Jerusalem! I have decided to strike
you with disaster, and I won't change my mind unless you stop sinning
and start living right. But I know you won't listen. You might as well
answer, "We don't care what you say. We have made plans to sin, and we
are going to be stubborn and do what we want!" So I, the Lord, command
you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a
horrible sin as what you have done. The snow on Lebanon's mountains
never melts away, and the streams there never run dry. But you, my
people, have turned from me to burn incense to worthless idols. You
have left the ancient road to follow an unknown path where you stumble
over idols. Your land will be ruined, and every passerby will look at
it with horror and make insulting remarks. When your enemies attack, I
will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day
of disaster, I will turn my back on you."
God bless you.
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