And you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth with you,

and you shall say, Thus says the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which cannot be mended again.

Jeremiah, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there you shall hear My words.

And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell [apart.] So he made it into another vessel, as it seemed good to him.

Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and you shall put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days.

And its fall shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, [as] small fragments of a pitcher, so that you should not find among them a sherd, with which you might take up fire, and with which you should draw a little water.

BETH. The precious sons of Zion, who were equaled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works of the hands of the potter!

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, so that the extraordinary character of the power may be of God and not of us;

And there rose up men of the elders of the land, and said to all the assembly of the people,

And the Lord said to Moses, Gather Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you yourself know that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and you shall bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with you.

And there were found [among] the sons of Eleazar more chiefs of the mighty ones, than of the sons of Ithamar. And he divided them, sixteen heads of families to the sons of Eleazar, eight according to [their] families to the sons of Ithamar.

And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, the scribe, [of the family] of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [were present]; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household [were assigned], one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.

And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and Jechoniah the son of Shaphan stood in their presence in the midst of them, and each one held his censer in his hand; and the smoke of the incense went up.

And He said to me, You have seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber; because they have said, The Lord does not see; the Lord has forsaken the earth.

Utterly slay old man and youth, and virgin and infants and women: but do not go near any on whom is the mark: begin at My sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were assembled into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus, so as to put Him to death.

Likewise the chief priests also, mocking [Him] with the scribes and elders, and Pharisees, said,

He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on Him.

Now it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high priestly descent.