Jeremiah 18:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר הַזֶּ֜ה לֹא־אוּכַ֨ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָכֶ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן־אַתֶּ֥ם בְּיָדִ֖י בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס

Transliteration

Like the yôṣēr the this not-ʾûkal to do to you bêt Yiśrāʾēl nĕʾum-YHWH? Hinnēh like the ḥōmer in hand of the yôṣēr, so are you in my hand bêt Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*yôṣēr*: noun, masculine singular, definite - potter/former
*ʾûkal*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am able/can
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house/household of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*nĕʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration/utterance of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*Hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*ḥōmer*: noun, masculine singular, definite - clay/material

Word Meanings

*yôṣēr*: potter/former/creator
*ʾûkal*: I am able/can/have power to
*bêt*: house/household/dynasty/family
*nĕʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
*Hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*ḥōmer*: clay/mud/material

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Referenced Verses

Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Jer 18:4 : 4 And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Dan 4:23 : 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
Rom 9:20-21 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus? 21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
Rom 11:34 : 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

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