Brenton(i)
2 Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
3 So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones.
4 And 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.
5 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
6 Shall 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.
7 If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them;
8 and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
9 And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it;
10 and 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.
11 And 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.
12 And 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.