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# You turn things upside down

This is an idiom that means to distort what is true. AT: "You make things opposite of the way they should be" or "You distort the truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Should the potter be considered like clay, so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it ... "He does not understand"?

Yahweh who created humans is spoken of as if he were a potter and humans were the clay. This metaphor emphasizes that it is foolish for humans to reject or criticize the one who created them. AT: "Should you consider me, your maker, to be like the clay rather than the potter? It is as if a potter created something, and that thing said about the potter, 'He did not make me,' or 'He does not understand.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Should the potter be considered like clay ... "He does not understand"?

This question is used to scold the people of Jerusalem. AT: "Obviously, the potter should not be considered like clay ... 'He does not understand.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# You turn things upside down`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom that means to distort what is true. AT: "You make things opposite of the way they should be" or "You distort the truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Should the potter be considered like clay, so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it ... "He does not understand"?`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Yahweh who created humans is spoken of as if he were a potter and humans were the clay. This metaphor emphasizes that it is foolish for humans to reject or criticize the one who created them. AT: "Should you consider me, your maker, to be like the clay rather than the potter? It is as if a potter created something, and that thing said about the potter, 'He did not make me,' or 'He does not understand.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Should the potter be considered like clay ... "He does not understand"?`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This question is used to scold the people of Jerusalem. AT: "Obviously, the potter should not be considered like clay ... 'He does not understand.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`