Jeremiah 18 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens:
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 Surge, et descende in domum figuli, et ibi audies verba mea.
2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
3 Et descendi in domum figuli, et ecce ipse faciebat opus super rotam.
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
4 Et dissipatum est vas quod ipse faciebat e luto manibus suis: conversusque fecit illud vas alterum, sicut placuerat in oculis ejus ut faceret.
4 When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
5 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
6 [Numquid sicut figulus iste, non potero vobis facere, domus Israël? ait Dominus: ecce sicut lutum in manu figuli, sic vos in manu mea, domus Israël.
6 “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7 Repente loquar adversum gentem et adversus regnum, ut eradicem, et destruam, et disperdam illud:
7 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8 si pœnitentiam egerit gens illa a malo suo quod locutus sum adversus eam, agam et ego pœnitentiam super malo quod cogitavi ut facerem ei.
8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 Et subito loquar de gente et de regno, ut ædificem et plantem illud.
9 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 Si fecerit malum in oculis meis, ut non audiat vocem meam, pœnitentiam agam super bono quod locutus sum ut facerem ei.
10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11 Nunc ergo dic viro Juda, et habitatoribus Jerusalem, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego fingo contra vos malum, et cogito contra vos cogitationem: revertatur unusquisque a via sua mala, et dirigite vias vestras et studia vestra.
11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
12 Qui dixerunt: Desperavimus: post cogitationes enim nostras ibimus, et unusquisque pravitatem cordis sui mali faciemus.
12 But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
13 Ideo hæc dicit Dominus: Interrogate gentes: Quis audivit talia horribilia, quæ fecit nimis virgo Israël?
13 Therefore Yahweh says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 Numquid deficiet de petra agri nix Libani? aut evelli possunt aquæ erumpentes frigidæ, et defluentes?
14 Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 Quia oblitus est mei populus meus, frustra libantes, et impingentes in viis suis, in semitis sæculi, ut ambularent per eas in itinere non trito,
15 For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
16 ut fieret terra eorum in desolationem, et in sibilum sempiternum: omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet, et movebit caput suum.
16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Sicut ventus urens dispergam eos coram inimico: dorsum, et non faciem, ostendam eis in die perditionis eorum.]
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Et dixerunt: [Venite, et cogitemus contra Jeremiam cogitationes: non enim peribit lex a sacerdote, neque consilium a sapiente, nec sermo a propheta: venite, et percutiamus eum lingua, et non attendamus ad universos sermones ejus.]
18 Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
19 [Attende, Domine, ad me, et audi vocem adversariorum meorum.
19 Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Numquid redditur pro bono malum, quia foderunt foveam animæ meæ? Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo ut loquerer pro eis bonum, et averterem indignationem tuam ab eis.
20 Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Propterea da filios eorum in famem, et deduc eos in manus gladii: fiant uxores eorum absque liberis, et viduæ: et viri earum interficiantur morte: juvenes eorum confodiantur gladio in prælio:
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
22 audiatur clamor de domibus eorum: adduces enim super eos latronem repente, quia foderunt foveam ut caperent me, et laqueos absconderunt pedibus meis.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
23 Tu autem, Domine, scis omne consilium eorum adversum me in mortem: ne propitieris iniquitati eorum, et peccatum eorum a facie tua non deleatur: fiant corruentes in conspectu tuo; in tempore furoris tui abutere eis.]
23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Hebrews 1:1; Acts 9:6; Jeremiah 23:22; Jeremiah 19:1–2; Ezekiel 4:1–5
- 3 John 15:14; Jonah 1:3; Acts 26:19
- 4 Romans 9:20–23; Jeremiah 18:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 6 Isaiah 64:8; Romans 9:20–21; Jeremiah 18:4; Isaiah 45:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 12:14–17; Jeremiah 45:4; Jonah 3:4; Amos 9:8
- 8 Ezekiel 18:21; Jeremiah 26:13; Jonah 3:9–10; Hosea 11:8; Jeremiah 26:3
- 9 Jeremiah 31:28; Amos 9:11–15; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 30:18
- 10 1 Samuel 2:30; Ezekiel 33:18; 1 Samuel 13:13; Ezekiel 18:24; 1 Samuel 15:11
- 11 2 Kings 17:13; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 7:3; Isaiah 1:16–19
- 12 Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 7:24; Deuteronomy 29:19; Isaiah 57:10
- 13 Jeremiah 5:30; Isaiah 66:8; Jeremiah 23:14; Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 2:10–13
- 14 John 6:68
- 15 Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 57:14; Hosea 11:2; Malachi 2:8
- 16 Psalm 22:7; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 19:8; Micah 6:16; Jeremiah 50:13
- 17 Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 2:27; Hosea 13:15; Job 27:21; Psalm 48:7
- 18 Psalm 52:2; Jeremiah 11:19; Malachi 2:7; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 13:13–14
- 19 Nehemiah 6:9; Psalm 55:16–17; Micah 7:8; Psalm 109:28; Jeremiah 20:12
- 20 Psalm 35:7; Psalm 57:6; Psalm 106:23; Psalm 35:12; 1 Samuel 24:17–19
- 21 Psalm 109:9–20; Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 16:3–4; Amos 4:10
- 22 Jeremiah 6:26; Psalm 140:5; Zephaniah 1:10–11; Jeremiah 25:34–36; Isaiah 10:30
- 23 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:22–28; Psalm 109:14–15; Isaiah 2:9; Nehemiah 4:4–5
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) power, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?" Here it is not to do away with free-will that he says this, but to show, up to what point we ought to obey God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and kingdom to build and to plant it; and if they do evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, I also will repent of the good, which I said I would do unto them." For the same custom do I observe with respect to the good things as well, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)