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Jeremiah 18:6
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Jeremiah 18:6
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6 Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.(A)
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Jeremiah 18:6
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Jeremiah 18:6
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6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay(A) in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand,(B) Israel.
Isaiah 64:8
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Isaiah 64:8
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8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.(A)
Isaiah 64:8
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Isaiah 64:8
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Romans 9:20-21
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Romans 9:20-21
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A) 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?(B)
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Romans 9:20-21
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Romans 9:20-21
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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(D)
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- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Isaiah 45:9
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Isaiah 45:9
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
Footnotes
- 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters
Matthew 20:15
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Matthew 20:15
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15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’[a](A)
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- 20.15 Gk is your eye evil because I am good?
Matthew 20:15
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Matthew 20:15
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15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)
Jeremiah 18:4
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Jeremiah 18:4
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4 The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.
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Jeremiah 18:4
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Jeremiah 18:4
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4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
Daniel 4:23
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Daniel 4:23
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23 And whereas the king saw a holy watcher coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, and let him be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his lot be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him’(A)—
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Daniel 4:23
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Daniel 4:23
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23 “Your Majesty saw a holy one,(A) a messenger, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain in the ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live with the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.’(B)
Romans 11:34
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Romans 11:34
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34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”(A)
Romans 11:34
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Romans 11:34
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- Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
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