Jeremiah 18:6

הֲכַיּוֹצֵר הַזֶּה לֹא ־ אוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת לָכֶם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה הִנֵּה כַחֹמֶר בְּיַד הַיּוֹצֵר כֵּן ־ אַתֶּם בְּיָדִי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5וַיְהִי דְבַר ־ יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֽוֹר ׃

7רֶגַע אֲדַבֵּר עַל ־ גּוֹי וְעַל ־ מַמְלָכָה לִנְתוֹשׁ וְלִנְתוֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 45:9הוֹי רָב אֶת ־ יֹצְרוֹ חֶרֶשׂ אֶת ־ חַרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָה הֲיֹאמַר חֹמֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ מַֽה ־ תַּעֲשֶׂה וּפָעָלְךָ אֵין ־ יָדַיִם לֽוֹ ׃ ס

Jeremiah 18:4וְנִשְׁחַת הַכְּלִי אֲשֶׁר הוּא עֹשֶׂה בַּחֹמֶר בְּיַד הַיּוֹצֵר וְשָׁב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ כְּלִי אַחֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת ׃ פ

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 →

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