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.
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So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel.
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And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
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"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
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If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
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