## Jeremiah Chapter 18

###### Jeremiah 18:1
[Jeremiah 18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:1)

הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The word which came to Yirmeyahu from the Lord, saying,


###### Jeremiah 18:2
[Jeremiah 18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:2)

ק֥וּם וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֖מָּה אַשְׁמִיעֲךָ֥ אֶת־דְּבָרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.


###### Jeremiah 18:3
[Jeremiah 18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:3)

וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר (והנהו) [וְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא] עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל־הָאׇבְנָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was at work on the wheels.


###### Jeremiah 18:4
[Jeremiah 18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:4)

וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת הַכְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter: so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.


###### Jeremiah 18:5
[Jeremiah 18:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:5)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


###### Jeremiah 18:6
[Jeremiah 18:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:6)

הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר הַזֶּ֜ה לֹא־אוּכַ֨ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָכֶ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן־אַתֶּ֥ם בְּיָדִ֖י בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O house of Yisra᾽el, cannot I do with you as this potter? says the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Yisra᾽el.


###### Jeremiah 18:7
[Jeremiah 18:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:7)

רֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
At one time I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, or to destroy;


###### Jeremiah 18:8
[Jeremiah 18:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:8)

וְשָׁב֙ הַגּ֣וֹי הַה֔וּא מֵרָ֣עָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עָלָ֑יו וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָשַׁ֖בְתִּי לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.


###### Jeremiah 18:9
[Jeremiah 18:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:9)

וְרֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִבְנ֖וֹת וְלִנְטֽוֹעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And at another time, I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant;


###### Jeremiah 18:10
[Jeremiah 18:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:10)

וְעָשָׂ֤ה (הרעה) [הָרַע֙] בְּעֵינַ֔י לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלִ֑י וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֖רְתִּי לְהֵיטִ֥יב אוֹתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.


###### Jeremiah 18:11
[Jeremiah 18:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:11)

וְעַתָּ֡ה אֱמׇר־נָ֣א אֶל־אִישׁ־יְהוּדָה֩ וְעַל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י יוֹצֵ֤ר עֲלֵיכֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה וְחֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מַחֲשָׁבָ֑ה שׁ֣וּבוּ נָ֗א אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֔ה וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now therefore speak to the men of Yehuda, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.


###### Jeremiah 18:12
[Jeremiah 18:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:12)

וְאָמְר֖וּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ וְאִ֛ישׁ שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do after the stubbornness of his evil heart.


###### Jeremiah 18:13
[Jeremiah 18:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:13)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה שַֽׁאֲלוּ־נָא֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם מִ֥י שָׁמַ֖ע כָּאֵ֑לֶּה שַֽׁעֲרֻרִת֙ עָשְׂתָ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thus says the Lord; Ask now among the heathen, who has heard such things: the virgin of Yisra᾽el has done a very horrible thing.


###### Jeremiah 18:14
[Jeremiah 18:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:14)

הֲיַעֲזֹ֥ב מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַ֖י שֶׁ֣לֶג לְבָנ֑וֹן אִם־יִנָּֽתְשׁ֗וּ מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Does the snow of Levanon fail from the crags of the fields? or do the far off cold and flowing waters cease to run?


###### Jeremiah 18:15
[Jeremiah 18:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:15)

כִּֽי־שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי עַמִּ֖י לַשָּׁ֣וְא יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ וַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּם בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙ שְׁבִילֵ֣י עוֹלָ֔ם לָלֶ֣כֶת נְתִיב֔וֹת דֶּ֖רֶךְ לֹ֥א סְלוּלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to vain gods, and they stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not levelled,


###### Jeremiah 18:16
[Jeremiah 18:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:16)

לָשׂ֥וּם אַרְצָ֛ם לְשַׁמָּ֖ה (שרוקת) [שְׁרִיק֣וֹת] עוֹלָ֑ם כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשֹּׁ֖ם וְיָנִ֥יד בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by it shall be astonished, and shake his head.


###### Jeremiah 18:17
[Jeremiah 18:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:17)

כְּרוּחַ־קָדִ֥ים אֲפִיצֵ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב עֹ֧רֶף וְלֹֽא־פָנִ֛ים אֶרְאֵ֖ם בְּי֥וֹם אֵידָֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them my back, and not my face, in the day of their calamity.


###### Jeremiah 18:18
[Jeremiah 18:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:18)

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ לְכ֨וּ וְנַחְשְׁבָ֥ה עַֽל־יִרְמְיָ֘הוּ֮ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת֒ כִּי֩ לֹא־תֹאבַ֨ד תּוֹרָ֜ה מִכֹּהֵ֗ן וְעֵצָה֙ מֵחָכָ֔ם וְדָבָ֖ר מִנָּבִ֑יא לְכוּ֙ וְנַכֵּ֣הוּ בַלָּשׁ֔וֹן וְאַל־נַקְשִׁ֖יבָה אֶל־כׇּל־דְּבָרָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then said they, Come and let us contrive devices against Yirmeyahu; for Tora 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 let us not give heed to any of his words.


###### Jeremiah 18:19
[Jeremiah 18:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:19)

הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וּשְׁמַ֖ע לְק֥וֹל יְרִיבָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.


###### Jeremiah 18:20
[Jeremiah 18:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:20)

הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם תַּֽחַת־טוֹבָה֙ רָעָ֔ה כִּי־כָר֥וּ שׁוּחָ֖ה לְנַפְשִׁ֑י זְכֹ֣ר**׀** עׇמְדִ֣י לְפָנֶ֗יךָ לְדַבֵּ֤ר עֲלֵיהֶם֙ טוֹבָ֔ה לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־חֲמָתְךָ֖ מֵהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before Thee to speak good for them, and to turn away Thy wrath from them.


###### Jeremiah 18:21
[Jeremiah 18:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:21)

לָכֵן֩ תֵּ֨ן אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם לָרָעָ֗ב וְהַגִּרֵם֮ עַל־יְדֵי־חֶ֒רֶב֒ וְתִהְיֶ֨נָה נְשֵׁיהֶ֤ם שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙ וְאַלְמָנ֔וֹת וְאַ֨נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם יִהְי֖וּ הֲרֻ֣גֵי מָ֑וֶת בַּח֣וּרֵיהֶ֔ם מֻכֵּי־חֶ֖רֶב בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.


###### Jeremiah 18:22
[Jeremiah 18:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:22)

תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תָבִ֧יא עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם גְּד֖וּד פִּתְאֹ֑ם כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ (שיחה) [שׁוּחָה֙] לְלׇכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.


###### Jeremiah 18:23
[Jeremiah 18:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/18:23)

וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֠הֹוָ֠ה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶֽת־כׇּל־עֲצָתָ֤ם עָלַי֙ לַמָּ֔וֶת אַל־תְּכַפֵּר֙ עַל־עֲוֺנָ֔ם וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ אַל־תֶּ֑מְחִי (והיו) [וְיִהְי֤וּ] מֻכְשָׁלִים֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ בְּעֵ֥ת אַפְּךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֥ה בָהֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet, Lord, Thou knowst all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from Thy sight, but let them be overthrown before Thee; deal thus with them in the time of Thy anger.