Jeremiah 18:4

New International Reader's Version

His hands were shaping a pot out of clay. But he saw that something was wrong with it. So he formed it into another pot. He shaped it in the way that seemed best to him.

Cross References

Isaiah 45:9

How terrible it will be for anyone who argues with their Maker! They are like a broken piece of pottery lying on the ground. Does clay say to a potter, “What are you making?” Does a pot say, “The potter doesn’t have any skill”?

Jeremiah 18:3

So I went down to the potter’s house. I saw him working at his wheel.

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the Lord’s message came to me.

Jeremiah 18:6

“People of Israel, I can do with you just as this potter does,” announces the Lord. “The clay is in the potter’s hand. And you are in my hand, people of Israel.