He sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Jeremiah 19:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is what the Lord says: ‘Go, buy a potter’s clay jar. Take some of the elders of the people and some of the leading priests Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THUS SAYS the Lord: Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take some of the old people and some of the elderly priests American Standard Version (1901) Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests; Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: Go buy a clay jar from a potter in the presence of the elders of the people and the priests. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: "Go, and take a potter's earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: Go, and take a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests. |
He sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Its collapse will be like the shattering of a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces, so that not even a fragment of pottery will be found among its shattered remains – no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth or scoop water from a cistern.’
This is what the Lord said to me: ‘Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on. But do not put it in water.’
Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to all the assembled people,
“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Take these scrolls #– #this purchase agreement with the sealed copy and this open copy #– #and put them in an earthen storage jar so that they will last a long time.
Zion’s precious children – once worth their weight in pure gold – how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter’s hands!
‘Now you, son of man, take a brick, set it in front of you, and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
‘Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.’ So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
The Lord answered Moses, ‘Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and make them stand there with you.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put him to death.
He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.” ’
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.