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Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.
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But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.
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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
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"Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?" 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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"At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;