Jeremiah 18:6
Shall I not be able, O house of Israel, to do to you as this potter? behold, as the clay of the potter are ye in my hands.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Cross References
Isaiah 45:9What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the ploughman plough the earth all day? + 45:9 Rom. 9. 20. shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?
Jeremiah 18:4And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make it.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:2-11
The Sovereign Prerogative of God; Divine Goodness and Equity. ( b. c. 600.) 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 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. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 6 O… Read the whole commentary →