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Art » Primitive » Of the potter
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
The Lord then said to me, "Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord.
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Potters
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,
Arts of the » Potter
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
The Lord then said to me, "Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord.
Clay » Figurative
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.
One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.'
Father » Our
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."
And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.
For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.
David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: "O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
God » Fatherhood of » General references to
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."
And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.
For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.
David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: "O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
Heavenly » Father » General references to
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."
And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.
For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.
David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: "O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!
If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
Man » A social being » As clay
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.'
Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker, "He didn't make me"? Or should the pottery say about the potter, "He doesn't understand"?
Man » Compared to » Clay in the potter's hand
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.'
Pottery » Figurative
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Father
For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.