The Potter and the Clay

18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

² “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”

⁴ And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

³ So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.

⁵ Then the word of the Lord came to me:

⁶ “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? says the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.