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Tanach: Jeremiah (Yermiyah): Jeremiah (Yermiyah) Chapter 18

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This is a biblical passage — Jeremiah 18:1–23 from the Hebrew Bible — presented in the original pointed Hebrew text alongside a full Latin transliteration. It belongs to the prophetic literature tradition and is the famous "Potter's House" oracle. The passage opens with God directing Jeremiah to a potter's workshop, where Jeremiah watches the craftsman rework a spoiled vessel into a new one; God then deploys this as a governing metaphor: as clay is in the potter's hands, so Israel is in God's hands, subject to reshaping, destruction, or rebuilding according to the nation's obedience. A notably flexible theological claim follows — God states that divine judgments and promises to any nation are conditional, revocable in either direction based on that nation's repentance or apostasy. The oracle then pivots to a concrete indictment of Judah and Jerusalem, accusing them of a uniquely perverse loyalty to idols (their abandonment of God is described as more unnatural than snow melting from Lebanon), and warns of scattering and desolation. The passage closes with two personal sections: a conspiratorial aside by Jeremiah's enemies who plan to silence him, and Jeremiah's raw imprecatory prayer calling on God to punish those who returned evil for his intercessions on their behalf.

Tanach: Jeremiah (Yermiyah): Jeremiah (Yermiyah) Chapter 18

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