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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking.
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# any other earthen pot among all the earthen pots in the ground
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Yahweh speaks of himself as if he were a potter, and of the one who would argue with him as if that person and the rest of humanity were all clay pots. Alternate translation: "like one piece of pottery among many other pieces of pottery scattered on the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# earthen pot
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Possible meanings are 1) "clay pot" or 2) "piece of broken clay pottery."
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# Does the clay say to the potter ... on it'?
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Yahweh asks this question to rebuke those who argue with him about what he does. Alternate translation: "The clay should not say to the potter ... on it!'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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