1. The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said,
2. “Go to the potter’s house. There I will give you my message.”
3. I went to the potter’s house, and he was working there at his wheel.
4. Whenever a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it.
5. The Lord spoke his word to me. The Lord asked,
6. “Nation of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter does with clay? Nation of Israel, you are like the clay in the potter’s hands.
7. “At one time I may threaten to tear up, break down, and destroy a nation or a kingdom.