“Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,”
Jeremiah 18:5 (KJV) |
Jeremiah 18:5
From Jeremiah 18, in the Book of Jeremiah (Old Testament).
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Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
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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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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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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.
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;