16 How you twist things!*

Should the potter be regarded the same as the clay?+

Should what is made say about its maker:

“He did not make me”?+

And does what is formed say about its former:

“He shows no understanding”?+

Should the clay say to the Potter:* “What are you making?”+

Or should your work say: “He has no hands”?*

6 “‘Can I not do to you just as this potter did, O house of Israel?’ declares Jehovah. ‘Look! As the clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.+