In Context

2 Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

3 And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

4 And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

5 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

6 House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, house of Israel.

7 At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

Jeremiah 18:5 in Other Translations