Down to the Potter's House

This is an interactive story with responses and actions.  Each time I say one of the following words, you do the corresponding action and say the corresponding words:

Jeremiah: [shrug shoulders] "I'm too young!"

The Lord: [jazz hands] "Praise the Lord!"

Word: [raise hand with fingers in a "W"] "Word!"

Potter: [patty cake 3x] "Slap!  Slap!  Slap!"                 

House of Israel: [cover ears with hands] "We're not listening"

 

The Lord, saw that the House of Israel, was not listening to the promise.  The House of Israel had abandoned the Word of The Lord, and was neglecting sick, ignoring the grieving, oppressing the poor and exploiting weak.

 

So The Lord spoke to Jeremiah, "Go down to the potter's house, and there you will hear my word."

 

So Jeremiah went down to the potter's house and there, saw him working on his wheel.  The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in his hands so the potter reworked the clay into another vessel, as seemed good to him.

 

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, "Can I not do the same with you, O House of Israel, just as the potter has done?" Says the Lord,  "Just like the clay in the potter's hand, so you are in my hand, O House of Israel!  At one moment, I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.  And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my word, then I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do to it.

 

Therefore, Jeremiah, declare to the House of Israel, "Thus says the Lord, 'Look, I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you.  Turn now, House of Israel, from your evil ways."

 

This is the word of the Lord.