So are ye in mine hand - When a vessel was ruined, the potter did not throw it away, but crushed it together, dashed it back upon t…

Cannot I do with you as this potter? —The question implies a theory of the universe, which is neither (as some have thoug…

The sum of what is taught here is that, as the Jews gloried in God’s singular favor—which, however, had been conferred on them for a different purp…

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? says
the Lord
Make, and mar, …

While Jeremiah observes the potter's work, God darts into his mind two great truths. God has authority, and power, to form and fashion kingdoms and…

1. Here, he shows the obstinacy of the people themselves as if through experience:

• First, because they reject his preaching.