Jeremiah 18 — Hebrew and Greek compared

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[18:1] The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying:

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[18:1] The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, saying:

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[18:2] Rise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will make you hear My words.

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[18:2] Rise and go down to the potter's house, and there you will hear My words.

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[18:3] I went down to the potter's house, and look, he was doing work upon the two stones.

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[18:3] And I went down to the potter's house, and look, he was doing work upon the stones.

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[18:4] The vessel he was making from clay was spoiled in the potter's hand; so he made it again into another vessel, as seemed right in the potter's eyes to make.

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[18:4] And the vessel he was making fell apart in his hands, and again he made it another vessel, as pleased him to make.

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[18:5] YHWH's word came to me, saying:

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[18:5] And the Lord's word came to me, saying:

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[18:6] Can I not do with you as this potter does, house of Israel?—YHWH's declaration. Look, as clay in the potter's hand, so you are in My hand, house of Israel.

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[18:6] Can I not make you as this potter does, house of Israel? Look, you are like the potter's clay in My hands.

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[18:7] At one moment I may speak concerning a nation and kingdom, to uproot, tear down, and destroy;

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[18:7] At last I will speak concerning a nation or kingdom, to remove them and destroy,

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[18:8] if that nation turns from the evil concerning which I spoke against it, I will relent concerning the disaster I planned to do to it.

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[18:8] and if that nation turns from all their evils, I will change My mind concerning the evils I planned to do to them.

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[18:9] At another moment I may speak concerning a nation and kingdom, to build and plant;

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[18:9] And at last I will speak concerning a nation and kingdom, for it to be rebuilt and planted,

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[18:10] if it does evil in My eyes by not obeying My voice, I will relent concerning the good I said I would do for it.

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[18:10] and if they do evil things before Me by not hearing My voice, I will change My mind concerning the good things I spoke of doing for them.

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[18:11] Now say to Judah's men and Jerusalem's inhabitants: Thus says YHWH: Look, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Turn, please, each from his evil way, and make your ways and deeds good.

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[18:11] And now say to Judah's men and those dwelling in Jerusalem: Look, I am shaping evils against you and devising a design against you. Let each turn from his evil way now, and make your practices better.

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[18:12] But they say: It is hopeless! We will follow our own plans, and each will act according to his evil heart's stubbornness.

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[18:12] And they said: We will be resolute, because we will follow our turnings away, and each will do what pleases his evil heart.

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[18:13] Therefore thus says YHWH: Ask, please, among the nations: Who has heard such things? Virgin Israel has done an exceedingly horrifying thing.

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[18:13] Therefore thus says the Lord: Ask now among the nations: Who heard such horrifying things that virgin Israel committed so greatly?

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[18:14] Does Lebanon's snow leave the rock of the field? Are strange waters, cold and flowing, uprooted?

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[18:14] Will breasts fail from a rock, or snow from Lebanon? Will water borne violently by wind turn aside?

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[18:15] For My people forgot Me; they burn offerings to emptiness. They made them stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, a road not built up,

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[18:15] Because My people forgot Me, they burned incense in vain; and they will become weak in their ways, the age-old tracks, to step upon paths having no road for travel,

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[18:16] making their land a desolation, a perpetual hissing. Everyone passing through it will be appalled and shake his head.

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[18:16] to make their land a disappearance and an eternal hissing; all who pass through it will be astonished and shake their head.

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[18:17] Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face in their day of calamity.

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[18:17] Like a scorching wind I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them their day of destruction.

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[18:18] They said: Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not attend to any of his words.

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[18:18] And they said: Come, let us devise a design against Jeremiah, because law will not perish from a priest, counsel from the discerning, or word from a prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.

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[18:19] Attend to me, YHWH, and hear my adversaries' voice.

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[18:19] Listen to me, Lord, and listen to the voice of my claim of right.

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[18:20] Should evil be repaid for good? For they dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your fury from them.

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[18:20] Is evil repaid for good things? For they spoke words together against my soul and hid their punishment for me. Remember my standing before You to speak good things for them, to turn Your fury from them.

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[18:21] Therefore give their sons to famine and pour them out to the sword's hands. Let their wives be bereaved and widowed, their men slain by death, and their young men struck by the sword in war.

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[18:21] Therefore give their sons to famine and gather them into the sword's hands. Let their women become childless and widowed, their men killed by death, and their young men fallen by the sword in war.

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[18:22] Let a cry be heard from their houses when You bring a raiding band upon them suddenly, for they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet.

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[18:22] Let there be a cry in their houses; You will bring robbers upon them suddenly, because they attempted a plan for my capture and hid traps against me.

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[18:23] But You, YHWH, know all their counsel against me for death. Do not atone for their iniquity or erase their sin from before You. Let them be made to stumble before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

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[18:23] And You, Lord, knew all their counsel against me for death. Do not acquit their injustices or erase their sins from before You. Let their weakness be before You; act among them in the time of Your fury.