“Then the word of Yahweh
Came to me.
‘O house of Israel!
Can I not do with you
Just as this potter has done?’
Says Yahweh.
‘Just like the clay
In the potter’s hand,
So are you
In my hand.
O house of Israel!’”
As Jeremiah was at the potter’s house, the word of Yahweh came to him. Yahweh said that he could do to the house of Israel as the potter had done, since Israel was just like clay in his hand, similar to the clay in the potter’s hand.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 