1. The Lord said to me,
2. “Go down to the potter's house, where I will give you my message.”
3. So I went there and saw the potter working at his wheel.
4. Whenever a piece of pottery turned out imperfect, he would take the clay and make it into something else.
5. Then the Lord said to me,
6. “Haven't I the right to do with you people of Israel what the potter did with the clay? You are in my hands just like clay in the potter's hands.