JEREMIAH - The Potter and the Clay

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JEREMIAH – The Potter and the Clay by Bro H

Verse 1 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Arise and go down to the potter’s house” There I watched the wheel turn slowly As the clay was shaped and pressed The vessel failed in the potter’s hand It collapsed, it did not stand So he shaped it into another form As it seemed right to his hand Verse 2 Can I not do with you as this potter does? House of Israel, hear My voice If I speak to tear a nation down I may relent if they make a choice If I speak to build and plant Yet they turn and do what’s wrong Then I will withdraw the good I planned I will not bless rebellion long Chorus You are clay within My hands I shape, I form, I decide Turn while you are still soft clay Before the fire seals your pride Verse 3 But you said, “There is no hope” “We will walk in our own design” Everyone followed the stubbornness Of his own evil mind You turned My law behind your back You made My land a waste You hardened what I had formed And chose your own crooked way Verse 4 So take a fired earthen vessel Go down to the valley of death Speak these words before their eyes While there is still breath Then break the vessel in their sight Saying “Thus saith the Lord” So I break this people and this city They cannot be made whole again Chorus (Reprise) You were clay within My hands I shaped, I warned, I stayed But you hardened what I had formed Now the wheel is put away Bridge — Finality Thus says the Lord of hosts So I will break them here As one breaks a potter’s vessel That cannot be repaired They will bury until there is no place Because judgment has overflowed What mercy shaped upon the wheel Was shattered by what they chose Outro The wheel stands still, the shards remain The kiln has sealed the clay You would not bend when you were soft Now you lie broken where you lay