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I felt impressed of the Lord on the 4th of July concerning our nation. Jeremiah 18:1-11 sums up a warning. Eleven verses for 2011.--------------------------"THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING, ARISE, AND GO DOWN TO THE POTTER'S HOUSE, AND THERE I WILL CAUSE THEE TO HEAR MY WORDS. THEN I WENT DOWN TO THE POTTER'S HOUSE, AND BEHOLD, HE WROUGHT A WORK ON THE WHEELS. AND 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. THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME, SAYING, O 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. AT WHAT INSTANT I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION, AND CONCERNING A KINGDOM, TO PLUCK UP, AND TO PULL DOWN, AND TO DESTROY IT, IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL, I WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL THAT I THOUGHT TO DO UNTO THEM. AND AT WHAT INSTANT I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION AND CONCERNING A KINGDOM, TO BUILD AND TO PLANT IT, IF IT DO EVIL IN MY SIGHT, THAT IT OBEY NOT MY VOICE, THEN I WILL REPENT OF THE GOOD WITH WHICH I SAID I WOULD BENEFIT THEM. NOW, THEREFORE, 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 /PLAN/ AGAINST YOU; RETURN, NOW, EVERY ONE FROM HIS EVIL WAY, AND MAKE YOUR WAYS AND YOUR DOINGS GOOD."