Jeremiah 18:5

5 Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:5

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] While he was in the potter's house, and after he had observed his manner of working, and the change he had made in his work, the Lord spoke to him, and applied it in the following manner.

Jeremiah 18:5 In-Context

3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

4 And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5 Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;