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Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
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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.
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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House of Yisra'el, can't I do with you as this potter? says the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Yisra'el.
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;