<p class="poetry">Its underparts<n id="1" /> are the sharp points of potsherds,p> <p class="poetry">it leaves its mark in the mudp> <p class="poetry">like a threshing sledge.<n id="2" />p>

The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered<n id="1" /> into a clay vessel over fresh water.<n id="2" />

and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water.<n id="1" />

A clay vessel<n id="1" /> which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.p>

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape<n id="1" /> himself<n id="2" /> with while he was sitting<n id="3" /> among the ashes.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a coating of glaze<n id="1" /> over earthenwarep> <p class="poetry">are fervent<n id="2" /> lips with an evil heart.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my inner being sighs<n id="2" /> for Kir Hareseth.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Jeremiah,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Go and buy a clay jar from a potter.<n id="2" /> Take with you<n id="3" /> some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders<n id="4" /> of the priests.

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1489; (<i>Beti>)p> <p class="poetry">The precious sons of Zionp> <p class="poetry">were worth their weight in gold &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">Alas! &#8211; but now they are treated like<n id="1" /> broken clay pots,p> <p class="poetry">made by a potter.<n id="2" />p>

Any clay vessel it is boiled in must be broken, and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel<n id="1" /> must be rubbed out and rinsed in water.

As for any clay vessel they fall into,<n id="1" /> everything in it<n id="2" /> will become unclean and you must break it.

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

<p class="poetry">It shatters in pieces like a clay jar,p> <p class="poetry">so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to scoop a hot coal from a fire<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">or to skim off water from a cistern.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">One who argues with his creator is in grave danger,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">one who is like a mere<n id="2" /> shard among the other shards on the ground!p> <p class="poetry">The clay should not say to the potter,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;What in the world<n id="4" /> are you doing?p> <p class="poetry">Your work lacks skill!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I will weep with sorrow for Moab.p> <p class="poetry">I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab.p> <p class="poetry">I will moan<n id="1" /> for the people of Kir Heres.p>

<p class="poetry">So my heart moans for Moabp> <p class="poetry">like a flute playing a funeral song.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song,p> <p class="poetry">my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres.p> <p class="poetry">For the wealth they have gained will perish.p>

&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="1" /> says, &#8220;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.&#8221;&#8217;<n id="2" />