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In our chapter, God instructs Jeremiah to go to the potter\u2019s workshop where he would receive a prophecy. He sees the potter take a broken vessel and refashion it, whereupon God informs him that He can do the same to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadal* offered the following insight into the parable and its prophetic meaning:<\/span><\/p>\n

The meaning of the parable is that the potter intends to fashion a specific utensil from the clay; but if that utensil breaks in the process, then he will make out of the [same] clay a different vessel from what he intended, according to whatever may occur to him at that moment. So does God decree good for the [Jewish] nation. If it repents from its [wicked] ways and is transformed from what it was, then God will alter His [evil] decree and the fate of the nation will be completely changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The particularly poignant imagery of the potter and his clay was incorporated into an anonymous Ashkenazic piyyut<\/em> (liturgical poem) that is featured in the Yom Kippur eve service, where it is accompanied by similar examples of craftsmen and their wares such as silversmiths, woodworkers, and glaziers. Its lead verse (and presumed title) is taken directly from v. 6: \u201cLike clay in the hands of the potter\u201d (<\/span>kachomer beyad hayotzer<\/span><\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The verbs used in the prophecy of this chapter are of two kinds: Both the negative terms\u2014uprooted, pulled down, and destroyed (7)\u2014and the positive\u2014to build and plant (9)\u2014are the very ones that God used in 1:10 to characterize Jeremiah\u2019s incipient mission. These two dimensions, the destructive and the constructive, epitomize his prophetic career.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

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