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Jeremiah 18 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Jer 18:1The word that came from the Lord to
Jer 18:2Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
Jer 18:3So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones.
Jer 18:4And 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.
Jer 18:5And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Jer 18:6Shall 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.
Jer 18:7 If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them;
Jer 18:8and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
Jer 18:9And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it;
Jer 18:10and 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.
Jer 18:11And 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.
Jer 18:12And 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.
Jer 18:13Therefore thus saith the Lord; Enquire now among the nations, who has heard such very horrible things as the virgin of Israel has done?
Jer 18:14Will fertilising streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Libanus? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?
Jer 18:15For 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;
Jer 18:16to make their land a desolation, and a perpetual hissing; all that go through it shall be amazed, and shall shake their heads.
Jer 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will shew them the day of their destruction.
Jer 18:18Then 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.
Jer 18:19Hear me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my pleading.
Jer 18:20Forasmuch 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.
Jer 18:21Therefore 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.
Jer 18:22Let 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.
Jer 18:23And 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.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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