When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?

窑匠难道没有权柄从一团泥里拿一块做成贵重的器皿，又拿一块做成卑贱的器皿吗？

难道陶匠没有权从一团泥里拿一块做成贵重的器皿，又拿一块做成卑贱的器皿吗？

难道陶匠没有权从一团泥里拿一块做成贵重的器皿，又拿一块做成卑贱的器皿吗？

陶匠难道不可以从一团泥中拿一部分造贵重的器皿，又拿一部分造平凡的器皿吗？

陶匠难道没有权用同一团的泥，又做贵重的、又做卑贱的器皿吗？

难道陶匠没有权柄从同一团泥中，既造出贵重的器皿，又造出卑贱的器皿吗？

窰匠難道沒有權柄從一團泥裏拿一塊做成貴重的器皿，又拿一塊做成卑賤的器皿嗎？

難道陶匠沒有權從一團泥裏拿一塊做成貴重的器皿，又拿一塊做成卑賤的器皿嗎？

難道陶匠沒有權從一團泥裏拿一塊做成貴重的器皿，又拿一塊做成卑賤的器皿嗎？

陶匠難道不可以從一團泥中拿一部分造貴重的器皿，又拿一部分造平凡的器皿嗎？

陶匠難道沒有權用同一團的泥，又做貴重的、又做卑賤的器皿嗎？

窰匠對泥土難道沒有權柄從同一團泥作器皿，有的作成貴重的，有的作成下賤的麼？

難道陶匠沒有權柄從同一團泥中，既造出貴重的器皿，又造出卑賤的器皿嗎？

陶人豈無權於泥、由一團而造器、一為尊、一為卑乎、

泥豈非權在陶人、同一撮土而造之、或為器之貴、或為器之賤乎、

陶人豈無權於泥、由一團泥造一貴用之器、一賤用之器乎、

抑陶人於泥無自由處置之權、而不能於同一撮土中、製成貴賤不同之器耶？

Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

Isn’t the potter free to make different kinds of pots out of the same lump of clay? Some are for special purposes. Others are for ordinary use.

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

Or does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one object for honorable use, and another for common use?

Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.

In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.

But the Lord said,“ Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

The Lord has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster.

But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God.( This message shows that God chooses people according to his own purposes;

So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.Then the Lord gave me this message:“ O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.

In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction.He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory.

So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.

“ Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar? Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.