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1 The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.”
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“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.”
3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.
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So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.
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But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the LORD gave me this message:
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Then the word of the LORD came to me.
6 “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.
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He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.
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