Jeremiah 18:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Whenever the vessel of clay he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making another vessel of whatever sort he pleased.

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:6

Can I not do to you, house of Israel, as this potter has done?—oracle of the Lord. Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to anyone who contends with their Maker; a potsherd among potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you doing?” or, “What you are making has no handles”?

Jeremiah 18:3

I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel.

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of the Lord came to me: