How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter's hands! Cross References 2 Corinthians 4:7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. Isaiah 30:14 It will break in pieces like a potter's jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern." Jeremiah 19:1 This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, Jeremiah 19:11 and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter's jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. Treasury of Scripture The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! sons Isaiah 51:18 Zechariah 9:13 how Lamentations 2:21 Lamentations 5:12 Isaiah 30:14 |