A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 18:4
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And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
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The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 18:2
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
- Jeremiah 18:3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
- Jeremiah 18:5
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.