16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the (A)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

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And the vessel that he [a]made of clay was [b]marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “O house of Israel, (A)can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, (B)as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:4 was making
  2. Jeremiah 18:4 ruined

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