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Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 18

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This is a parallel scriptural edition presenting Jeremiah 18:1–23 in four versions side by side: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (Greek), the Masoretic/Tanakh text (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate — a format used in comparative biblical scholarship and critical study. The passage recounts Jeremiah's visit to a potter's workshop, where God uses the image of a potter reshaping marred clay to assert divine sovereignty over Israel: as clay is in the potter's hands, so is Israel in God's hands, subject to being broken and remade. The theological core is a conditional doctrine of divine judgment — God declares he will relent from threatened punishment if a nation repents, and withdraw promised blessing if a nation turns to evil — which is then applied directly to Judah and Jerusalem as a call to turn from wickedness. The people respond with defiant fatalism ("there is no hope"), refusing repentance and vowing to follow their own plans, which triggers an oracle of national catastrophe. The chapter closes with a personal lament from Jeremiah: his enemies plot to silence him by slander, and he prays bitterly for God not to forgive them but to bring famine, sword, and ruin upon their families. The distinctively comparative format — four columns of versified text across Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and English — targets readers engaged in textual criticism, translation comparison, or detailed exegetical study rather than devotional reading.

Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 18

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