Jeremiah 18:1-6

The Potter and the Clay

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1} The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, ^{Tools
2} “Arise and ^(A)go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.” ^{Tools
3} Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the ^(a)wheel. ^{Tools
4} But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.

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5} Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, ^{Tools
6} “Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the ^(B)clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 18:3: ['Lit ', pair of stone discs]

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 18:2: Jeremiah 19:1; Jeremiah 19:2

B. Jeremiah 18:6: Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:8; Matthew 20:15; Romans 9:21