Like a coating of glaze ¹  over earthenware are fervent ²  lips with an evil heart. ³ 

The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered ¹  into a clay vessel over fresh water. ² 

and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. ¹ 

The Lord told Jeremiah, ¹  “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. ²  Take with you ³  some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders ⁴  of the priests.

‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹  says, “Take these documents, both the sealed copy of the deed of purchase and the unsealed copy. Put them in a clay jar so that they may be preserved for a long time to come.”’ ² 

Any clay vessel it is boiled in must be broken, and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel ¹  must be rubbed out and rinsed in water.

As for any clay vessel they fall into, ¹  everything in it ²  will become unclean and you must break it.

A clay vessel ¹  which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.

The priest will then take holy water ¹  in a pottery jar, and take some ²  of the dust ³  that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.

Now in a wealthy home ¹  there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use. ² 

You will break them ¹  with an iron scepter; ²  you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’” ³ 

But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. ¹  I, the Lord, affirm it! ² 

One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, ¹  one who is like a mere ²  shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, ³  “What in the world ⁴  are you doing? Your work lacks skill!” ⁵