⁶ “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.

²⁰ No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” ²¹ When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?

⁴ But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.

¹⁵ Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’