(NIV)
Then the
Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
(ESV)
then the
Lord God formed the
man of
dust from the
ground and
breathed into his
nostrils the
breath of
life, and the
man became a
living creature.
(NIV)
Now the
Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
(ESV)
And the
Lord God planted a
garden in
Eden, in the
east, and
there he
put the
man whom he had
formed.
(NIV)
Now the
Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
(ESV)
Now out of the
ground the
Lord God had
formed every beast of the
field and
every bird of the
heavens and
brought them to the
man to
see what he would
call them. And
whatever the
man called every
living creature,
that was its
name.
(NIV)
brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,
(ESV)
brought beds,
basins, and
earthen vessels,
wheat,
barley,
flour,
parched grain,
beans and
lentils
(NIV)
‘“Have you not heard?
Long ago I ordained it.
In days of old I planned it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.
(ESV)
“Have you not
heard that I
determined it
long ago?
I
planned from
days of
old what now I
bring to pass,
that you should
turn fortified cities into
heaps of
ruins,
(NIV)
They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.
(ESV)
These were the
potters who were
inhabitants of
Netaim and
Gederah. They
lived there in the
king’s service.
(NIV)
You will break them with a rod of iron ;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery.’
(ESV)
You shall
break them with a
rod of
iron and
dash them in pieces like a
potter’s vessel.”
(NIV)
he who forms the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do.
(ESV)
he who
fashions the
hearts of them
all and
observes all their
deeds.
(NIV)
It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.
(ESV)
You have
fixed all the
boundaries of the
earth;
you have
made summer and
winter.
(NIV)
Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?
(ESV)
He who
planted the
ear, does he
not hear?
He who
formed the
eye, does he
not see?
(NIV)
Can a corrupt throne be allied with you –
a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
(ESV)
Can
wicked rulers be
allied with you,
those who
frame injustice by
statute?
(NIV)
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
(ESV)
The
sea is his, for he
made it,
and his
hands formed the
dry land.
(NIV)
There the ships go to and fro,
and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
(ESV)
There go the
ships,
and
Leviathan,
which you
formed to
play in it.
(NIV)
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
(ESV)
Your
eyes saw my
unformed substance;
in your
book were
written, every
one of them,
the
days that were
formed for me,
when as yet there was
none of them.
(NIV)
You built a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the Old Pool,
but you did not look to the One who made it,
or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
(ESV)
You
made a
reservoir between the two
walls for the
water of the
old pool. But you did
not look to him who did
it,
or see him who
planned it
long ago.
(NIV)
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off
and women come and make fires with them.
For this is a people without understanding;
so their Maker has no compassion on them,
and their Creator shows them no favour.
(ESV)
When its
boughs are
dry, they are
broken;
women come and make a
fire of them.
For this is a
people without discernment;
therefore he who
made them will
not have
compassion on them;
he who
formed them will show them
no favor.
(NIV)
You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,
‘You did not make me’?
Can the pot say to the potter,
‘You know nothing’?
(ESV)
You turn things
upside down!
Shall the
potter be
regarded as the
clay,
that the
thing made should
say of its
maker,
“He did
not make me”;
or the
thing formed say of him who
formed it,
“He has
no understanding”?
(NIV)
It will break in pieces like pottery,
shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
for taking coals from a hearth
or scooping water out of a cistern.’
(ESV)
and its
breaking is like
that of a
potter’s vessel that is
smashed so
ruthlessly that among its
fragments not a
shard is
found with which to
take fire from the
hearth,
or to
dip up water out of the
cistern.”
(NIV)
‘Have you not heard?
Long ago I ordained it.
In days of old I planned it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.
(ESV)
“‘Have you
not heard that I
determined it
long ago?
I
planned from
days of
old what now I bring to
pass,
that you should make
fortified cities crash into
heaps of
ruins,
(NIV)
‘I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes –
one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads on rulers as if they were mortar,
as if he were a potter treading the clay.
(ESV)
I
stirred up one
from the
north, and he has
come,
from the
rising of the
sun, and he shall
call upon my
name;
he shall
trample on
rulers as on
mortar,
as the
potter treads clay.
(NIV)
But now, this is what the
Lord says –
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
(ESV)
But
now thus says the
Lord,
he who
created you, O
Jacob,
he who
formed you, O
Israel:
“
Fear not,
for I have
redeemed you;
I have
called you by
name, you are mine.
(NIV)
everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.’
(ESV)
everyone who is
called by my
name,
whom I
created for my
glory,
whom I
formed and made.”
(NIV)
‘You are my witnesses,’ declares the
Lord,
‘and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor will there be one after me.
(ESV)
“You are my
witnesses,”
declares the
Lord,
“and my
servant whom I have
chosen,
that you may
know and
believe me
and
understand that I am he.
Before me
no god was
formed,
nor shall there be any
after me.
(NIV)
the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise.
(ESV)
the people whom I
formed for myself
that they might
declare my
praise.
(NIV)
This is what the
Lord says –
he who made you, who formed you in the womb,
and who will help you:
do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
(ESV)
Thus says the
Lord who
made you,
who
formed you
from the
womb and will
help you:
Fear not, O
Jacob my
servant,
Jeshurun whom I have
chosen.
(NIV)
All who make idols are nothing,
and the things they treasure are worthless.
Those who would speak up for them are blind;
they are ignorant, to their own shame.
(ESV)
All who
fashion idols are
nothing, and the things they
delight in do
not profit. Their
witnesses neither see nor know,
that they may be
put to shame.
(NIV)
Who shapes a god and casts an idol,
which can profit nothing?
(ESV)
Who fashions a
god or
casts an
idol that is
profitable for
nothing?
(NIV)
The blacksmith takes a tool
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.
(ESV)
The
ironsmith takes a
cutting tool and works it
over the
coals. He
fashions it with
hammers and
works it with his
strong arm. He becomes
hungry, and his
strength fails; he
drinks no water and is
faint.
(NIV)
‘Remember these things, Jacob,
for you, Israel, are my servant.
I have made you, you are my servant;
Israel, I will not forget you.
(ESV)
Remember these
things, O
Jacob,
and
Israel,
for you are my
servant;
I
formed you; you are my
servant;
O
Israel, you will
not be
forgotten by me.
(NIV)
‘This is what the
Lord says –
your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:
I am the
Lord,
the Maker of all things,
who stretches out the heavens,
who spreads out the earth by myself,
(ESV)
Thus says the
Lord, your
Redeemer,
who
formed you
from the
womb:
“
I am the
Lord, who
made all things,
who
alone stretched out the
heavens,
who
spread out the
earth by myself,
(NIV)
I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the
Lord, do all these things.
(ESV)
I
form light and
create darkness,
I
make well-being and
create calamity,
I am the
Lord, who
does all these
things.
(NIV)
‘Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
those who are nothing but potsherds
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
“What are you making?”
Does your work say,
“The potter has no hands”?
(ESV)
“
Woe to him who
strives with him who
formed him,
a
pot among earthen pots!
Does the
clay say to him who
forms it, ‘
What are you
making?’
or ‘Your
work has
no handles’?
(NIV)
‘This is what the
Lord says –
the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:
concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?
(ESV)
Thus says the
Lord,
the
Holy One of
Israel, and the one who
formed him:
“
Ask me of things to
come;
will you
command me
concerning my
children and the
work of my
hands?
(NIV)
For this is what the
Lord says –
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited –
he says:
‘I am the
Lord,
and there is no other.
(ESV)
For thus says the
Lord,
who
created the
heavens (he is
God!),
who
formed the
earth and
made it
(he
established it;
he did
not create it
empty,
he
formed it to be
inhabited!):
“
I am the
Lord, and there is
no other.
(NIV)
From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a far-off land, a man to fulfil my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned, that I will do.
(ESV)
calling a bird of
prey from the
east,
the
man of my
counsel from a
far country.
I have
spoken,
and I will bring it to
pass;
I have
purposed,
and I will
do it.
(NIV)
And now the
Lord says –
he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel to himself,
for I am honoured in the eyes of the
Lord and my God has been my strength –
(ESV)
And
now the
Lord says,
he who
formed me
from the
womb to be his
servant,
to bring
Jacob back to him;
and that
Israel might be
gathered to him—
for I am
honored in the
eyes of the
Lord,
and my
God has become my
strength—
(NIV)
no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the
Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,’
declares the
Lord.
(ESV)
no weapon that is
fashioned against you shall
succeed,
and you shall
refute every tongue that
rises against you in
judgment.
This is the
heritage of the
servants of the
Lord and their
vindication from me,
declares the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Yet you,
Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
(ESV)
But
now, O
Lord, you are our
Father;
we are the
clay, and you are our
potter;
we are
all the
work of your
hand.
(NIV)
‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’
(ESV)
“
Before I
formed you in the
womb I
knew you,
and
before you
were born I
consecrated you;
I
appointed you a
prophet to the
nations.”
(NIV)
He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, the people of his inheritance –
the
Lord Almighty is his name.
(ESV)
Not like
these is he who is the
portion of
Jacob,
for he is the one who
formed all things,
and
Israel is the
tribe of his
inheritance;
the
Lord of
hosts is his
name.
(NIV)
‘Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.’
(ESV)
“
Arise, and
go down to the
potter’s house, and
there I will let you
hear my
words.”
(NIV)
So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
(ESV)
So I went
down to the
potter’s house, and
there he was
working at his
wheel.
(NIV)
But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
(ESV)
And the
vessel he was
making of
clay was
spoiled in the
potter’s hand, and he
reworked it into
another vessel,
as it
seemed good to the
potter to
do.
(NIV)
He said, ‘Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?’ declares the
Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.
(ESV)
“O
house of
Israel can I
not do with you
as this potter has done?
declares the
Lord.
Behold, like the
clay in the
potter’s hand,
so are you in my
hand, O
house of
Israel.
(NIV)
‘Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, “This is what the
Lord says: look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.”
(ESV)
Now, therefore,
say to the
men of
Judah and the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem: ‘
Thus says the
Lord,
Behold, I am
shaping disaster against you and
devising a
plan against you.
Return, every
one from his
evil way, and
amend your
ways and your
deeds.’
(NIV)
This is what the
Lord says: ‘Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests
(ESV)
Thus says the
Lord, “
Go,
buy a
potter’s earthenware flask, and take
some of the
elders of the
people and
some of the
elders of the
priests,
(NIV)
and say to them, “This is what the
Lord Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
(ESV)
and shall
say to them, ‘
Thus says the
Lord of
hosts:
So will I
break this people and
this city,
as one breaks a
potter’s vessel, so
that it
can never be
mended. Men shall
bury in
Topheth because there will be
no place else to
bury.
(NIV)
‘This is what the
Lord says, he who made the earth, the
Lord who formed it and established it – the
Lord is his name:
(ESV)
“
Thus says the
Lord who
made the earth, the
Lord who
formed it to
establish it— the
Lord is his
name:
(NIV)
He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance –
the
Lord Almighty is his name.
(ESV)
Not like
these is he who is the
portion of
Jacob,
for he is the one who
formed all
things,
and Israel is the
tribe of his
inheritance;
the
Lord of
hosts is his
name.
(NIV)
How the precious children of Zion,
once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
the work of a potter’s hands!
(ESV)
The
precious sons of
Zion,
worth their
weight in
fine gold,
how they are
regarded as
earthen pots,
the
work of a
potter’s hands!
(NIV)
and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple – its arrangement, its exits and entrances – its whole design and all its regulations and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.
(ESV)
And
if they are
ashamed of all that they have
done, make
known to them the
design of the
temple, its
arrangement, its
exits and its
entrances, that is, its
whole design; and make known to them as well
all its
statutes and its
whole design and
all its
laws, and write it
down in their
sight, so that they may
observe all its
laws and
all its
statutes and
carry them out.
(NIV)
He who forms the mountains,
who creates the wind,
and who reveals his thoughts to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth –
the
Lord God Almighty is his name.
(ESV)
For behold, he who
forms the
mountains and
creates the
wind,
and
declares to
man what is his
thought,
who
makes the
morning darkness,
and
treads on the
heights of the
earth—
the
Lord, the
God of
hosts, is his
name!
(NIV)
This is what the Sovereign
Lord showed me: he was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up.
(ESV)
This is what the
Lord God showed me:
behold he was
forming locusts when the
latter growth was just
beginning to
sprout, and
behold, it was the
latter growth after the
king’s mowings.
(NIV)
Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
(ESV)
Plunder the
silver,
plunder the
gold!
There is
no end of the
treasure or of the
wealth of
all precious things.
(NIV)
‘Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?
Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
(ESV)
“
What profit is an
idol when its
maker has
shaped it,
a
metal image, a
teacher of
lies?
For its
maker trusts in his own
creation when he
makes speechless idols!
(NIV)
And the
Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter’ – the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the
Lord.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to me, “
Throw it to the
potter”— the
lordly price at which I
was priced by them. So I
took the
thirty pieces of
silver and
threw them into the
house of the
Lord, to the
potter.
(NIV)
A prophecy: the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
The
Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares:
(ESV)
The
oracle of the
word of the
Lord concerning Israel: Thus
declares the
Lord who
stretched out the
heavens and
founded the
earth and
formed the
spirit of
man within him:
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