1Yo, the word hit Jeremiah from the Lord, like, "What’s good?"

2Get up and slide to the potter’s crib, I’m about to drop some knowledge on you there.

3So, I pulled up to the potter’s spot, and he was vibing, working the wheels.

4The clay piece he was making got messed up in his hands, so he just whipped up another one, whatever looked good to him.

5Then the Lord spoke to me, saying,

6"Yo, house of Israel, can’t I do with you what this potter does? Just like the clay is in his hands, you’re in mine, fam."

7Whenever I decide to speak about a nation or a kingdom, to tear it down or destroy it;

8If that nation I called out turns from their bad vibes, I’ll chill on the plans I had for them.

9And whenever I decide to speak about a nation or a kingdom, to build it up or plant it;

10If it goes rogue in my eyes and doesn’t listen to me, then I’ll change my mind about the good I wanted to do for them.

11So, go tell the dudes in Judah and the folks in Jerusalem, "The Lord says this: I’m plotting some stuff against you, so turn from your bad ways and make your lives better."

12But they were like, "Nah, there’s no hope; we’re just gonna do our own thing and follow our evil hearts."

13So the Lord said, "Check it, ask the nations who’s heard such wild stuff: Israel’s virgin has done something super sus."

14Will a dude ditch the snow from Lebanon that drops from the rocks? Or abandon the cool waters from somewhere else?

15My people forgot about me, burning incense to nothing, making them trip off the old paths to walk in shady ways;

16They’re making their land a wasteland, and it’s gonna be a constant vibe check; everyone passing by will be shook and shake their heads.

17I’ll scatter them like leaves in the wind before their enemies; I’ll show them my back, not my face, when their bad times hit.

18Then they were like, "Let’s come up with a plan against Jeremiah; the law won’t drop from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the prophet's words. Let’s roast him with our words and ignore what he says."

19Listen up, Lord, and hear the voice of those who are coming for me.

20Can evil repay good? They dug a pit for my soul. Remember, I stood before you to speak good for them and chill your anger.

21So, let their kids face famine, and spill their blood with the sword; let their wives lose their children and be widowed; let their men get taken out; let the young ones fall in battle.

22Let a shout come from their homes when you roll up on them with a squad suddenly: they dug a pit to catch me and set traps for my feet.

23But, Lord, you know all their plans against me to take me out: don’t forgive their wrongs or wipe their sins from your sight, but let them get wrecked before you; handle them during your anger.

1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

9And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

10If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

11Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

13Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

14Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law 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.

19Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of 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.

22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

23Yet, Lord, thou knowest 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 thine anger.