16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
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Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? …
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.
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? …
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? …
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-16)Here, I. The prophet stands amazed at the stupidity of the greatest part of the Jewish nation. They had Levites, who taught the good knowledge of the Lord and had encouragement from Hezekiah in doing so, 2 Chron. 30:22. They had prophets, who brought them messages immediately from God, and signified to them what were the causes and what would be the effects of God’s displeasure against them. Now,…
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