Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Cross-reference
In verse 4, the potter remakes the spoiled vessel—the very action that illustrates God's sovereignty over Israel stated in verse 6.
Isaiah 64:8 echoes the potter-clay relationship—'we are the clay, You our potter'—directly affirming Jeremiah 18:6's declaration of God's hand over Israel.
Matthew 20:15 affirms God's right to do as He wills with His own—'Is it not lawful for me?'—echoing the potter's authority over the clay.
Job 9:12 asks 'Who can say to Him, What doest thou?'—directly paralleling the potter's unquestionable authority over His creation.
Job 10:9 uses the same clay imagery—'You have made me as clay'—stressing human dependence on the Creator, like Israel in Jeremiah.
Isaiah 45:9 uses the identical clay-potter metaphor—'Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are you making?'—reinforcing God's right.