Jeremiah 18:4

Easy To Read Version

He was making a pot from clay. But there was something wrong with the pot. So the potter used that clay again, and he made another pot. He used his hands to shape the pot the way that he wanted it to be.

Cross References

Isaiah 45:9

“Look at these people! They are arguing with the One who made them. Look at them argue with me! They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. A man uses soft, wet clay to make a pot. And the clay does not ask, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them. \{People are like this clay.\}

Jeremiah 18:3

So I went down to the potter’s house. I saw the potter working with clay at the wheel.

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the message from the Lord came to me:

Jeremiah 18:6

“Family of Israel, you know that I (God) can do the same thing with you. You are like the clay in the potter’s {\cf2\super [151]} hands. And I am like the potter!