1 Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah:2 »Go to the potter's house. There I will give you my message.«3 I went to the potter's house, and he was working there at his wheel.4 When a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it.5 Jehovah spoke his word to me. Jehovah asked:6 »Nation of Israel, can I do with you as this potter does with clay?« Nation of Israel, »You are in my hands like the clay in the potter's hands.