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Berean Standard Bible

“This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,”

Jeremiah 19:1

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Jeremiah prophesied in Jerusalem in the years before Babylon destroyed it. In chapter 18 he watched a potter reshape clay, a picture of God's freedom to respond to a nation's repentance.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

World English Bible (WEB)

Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

King James Version (KJV)

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;

American Standard Version (ASV)

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;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

This is what the Lord has said: Go and get for money a potter's bottle made of earth, and take with you some of the responsible men of the people and of the priests;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

ASÍ dijo Jehová: Ve, y compra una vasija de barro del alfarero, y lleva contigo de los ancianos del pueblo, y de los ancianos de los sacerdotes;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El Señor dijo: Cómprate una tinaja de barro y llévala al valle de Ben Hinón junto a la puerta oriental de la ciudad.

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