Still on the Potter's Wheel
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4 And the vessel ||that he made of clay cwas marred in the hand of the potter: so he †made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6 O house of Israel, dcannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, eas the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
But now, O LORD, tthou art our father;
uWe are the clay, and vthou our potter;
And wwe all are the work of thy hand.
Introduction: Jeremiah’s Background
7 uBlessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose vhope the LORD is.
The Shema - Tri-lingual Pronouncement over the Congregation
4 שְׁמַ֖עa יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה׀ אֶחָֽד׃
5 וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃
6 וְהָי֞וּ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיֹּ֖ום עַל־לְבָבֶֽךָ׃
7 וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֨ךָ֙a וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣b בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖c וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃
8 וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְאֹ֖ות עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָa וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃
9 aוּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָb וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָc
4 fHear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And gthou shalt love the LORD thy God hwith all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy hmight. 6 And ithese words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And kthou shalt †teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 lAnd thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 mAnd thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.