Study it in the app““Can I not do with you as this potter does, house of Israel? declares YHWH. Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.”
“Can I notהֲ לֹא אוּכַלdoלַעֲשׂוֹתwith youלָכֶםas this potter does,כַיּוֹצֵר הַזֶּהhouseבֵּיתof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵלdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָהLook,הִנֵּהlike the clayכַחֹמֶרin the handבְּיַדof the potter,הַיּוֹצֵרso are youכֵּן אַתֶּםin my hand,בְּיָדִיhouseבֵּיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearspotter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotser” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsclay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsCf. Isaiah 45:9; 64:8; Romans 9:20-21.
5And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
6 · This verse (above)
7At one moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot and to tear down and to destroy;
