Jeremiah 18:6
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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.“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
In other translations
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.“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
Hebrew words
הֲכַיּוֹצֵרhakhaiyotzer¿ like the potterH3335הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לֹא־lo'-notH3808אוּכַל'ukhalam I ableH3201לַעֲשׂוֹתla'asotto doH6213לָכֶםlakhemto <the> youבֵּיתbeitO house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009כַחֹמֶרkhachomerlike the clayH2563בְּיַדbeyadin [the] hand ofH3027הַיּוֹצֵרhaiyotzerthe potterH3335כֵּן־ken-soH3651אַתֶּם'atemyouH859בְּיָדִיbeyadi[are] in hand myH3027בֵּיתbeitO house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ סyisra'elIsraelH3478
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Related verses
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Romans 9:20-2120 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
- Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Jeremiah 18:4And 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.But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Daniel 4:23And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
- Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
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