Jeremías 18:6

6 «¡Oh, Israel! ¿No puedo hacer contigo lo mismo que hizo el alfarero con el barro? De la misma manera que el barro está en manos del alfarero, así estás en mis manos.

Jeremías 18:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:6

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith
the Lord
Make, and mar, and remake at pleasure? certainly he could. God is a sovereign Being, and has a sovereign and uncontrollable power over his creatures; he has an indisputable right unto them, and can dispose of them as he pleases; he has as good a right to them, and as great power over them, as the potter has to and over his clay, and a better and greater; since they are made by him, and have their all from him, their being, life, and motion; whereas the clay is not made by the potter; it is only the vessel that is made of the clay by him, which has its form from him; if therefore the potter has such power over the clay, which he did not make, as to cast it into another forth as it pleases him, and especially when marred; the Lord has an undoubted power over men, and a just right to change their, state and circumstances as he pleases; nor have they any reason to complain of him, especially when they have marred themselves by their own sins and transgressions; which was the present case of the house of Israel, or the Jews; see ( Isaiah 29:16 ) ( 45:9 ) ( Romans 9:20 Romans 9:21 ) ; behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand;
and he can form and fashion it as he pleases, and it is not in the power of the clay to resist and hinder him: so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel;
and I can dispose of you as I please, and put you in what circumstances it seems good unto me, drive you from your land, and scatter you among the nations; nor can you hinder me from doing this, or whatever else is my pleasure. And this his sovereign power and pleasure, and as exercised in a way of mercy and equity, are exemplified in the following cases.

Jeremías 18:6 In-Context

4 pero la vasija que estaba formando no resultó como él esperaba, así que la aplastó y comenzó de nuevo.

5 Después el Señor
me dio este mensaje:

6 «¡Oh, Israel! ¿No puedo hacer contigo lo mismo que hizo el alfarero con el barro? De la misma manera que el barro está en manos del alfarero, así estás en mis manos.

7 Si anuncio que voy a desarraigar, a derribar y a destruir a cierta nación o a cierto reino,

8 pero luego esa nación renuncia a sus malos caminos, no la destruiré como lo había planeado.