1. The word that came from Jeremias to the Lord, saying:
2. Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
3. And I went down into the potter's house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.
4. And the vessel was broken which he was making with clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.
5. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
6. Cannot I do with you as this potter, saith the Lord? behold as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
7. I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.