O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ne puis-je pas agir envers vous comme ce potier, maison d'Israël? Dit l'Eternel. Voici, comme l'argile est dans la main du potier, Ainsi vous êtes dans ma main, maison d'Israël!
KJV
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Florus of Lyon
Book against John Scotus
Israel?" says the Lord: "Behold, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand," etc. (Jeremiah 18:6). With this prophetic reading, God clearly shows that He is the potter, and all of humanity is like clay in His hands. He can shape different vessels from it as He p…
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
f the prophet Jeremiah: "As clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel" (Jeremiah 18:6). The hand of the Lord is also interpreted as a symbol of punishment. Concerning this punishment, it is written in the prophet Zephaniah: "I will stretch out my hand…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
pares himself for grace. On the contrary, Man is compared to God as clay to the potter, according to Jer. 18:6 : "As clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand." But however much the clay is prepared, it does not necessarily receive its shape from the potter. Hence,…
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