Jeremiah 18:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the vessel, which he was making with his hands out of clay, broke. And turning away, he made another vessel, for it had been pleasing in his eyes to make it.

Cross References

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who contradicts his Maker, a mere shard from an earthen vessel! Should the clay say to the potter, "What are you making?" or, "Your work is not made by your hands?"

Jeremiah 18:3

And I descended into the house of the potter, and behold, he was making a work on the wheel.

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Jeremiah 18:6

"Am I not able to do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done, says the Lord? Behold, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.