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So I went down [to] the house of the potter and look, there he was doing work at the potter's wheels.
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And the vessel that he [was] making with the clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter, so {he made again} another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.
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And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},
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"Like this potter, am I not able to do to you, O house of Israel?" {declares} Yahweh. "Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so [are] you in my hand, O house of Israel.
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One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].