² How the precious children of Zion,^(A)
    once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
    the work of a potter’s hands!

¹⁶ You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!^(A)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed^(B) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,^(C)
    “You know nothing”?^(D)