Jeremiah 18:6
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
יָצַר
yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
חֹמֶר
chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
יָצַר
yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
יָצַר yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Study H3335 →יָצַר yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Study H3335 →חֹמֶר chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
Study H2563 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of ir...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
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