Jeremiah 18:1-6
Chapter 18
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In the Potter’s Workshop
This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah:2
“Go to the potter’s house, and there you will hear what I have to say.”
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So I visited the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
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But the pot he was working on was spoiled in his hands, so he reworked it all over again into another pot that suited his desire.
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Meanwhile, the Lord sent me his word:
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“People of Israel, can’t I do with you what this potter does? As clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hands.
Commentaries
In the Potter’s Workshop.
God reveals himself to Jeremiah as a potter shaping a person from clay with his hands (see Gn 2:7). God patiently and lovingly creates and re-creates a person, who is the work of his hands.