(for [the children] not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),

Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.

But now, O LORD, You [are] our Father; We [are] the clay, and You our potter; And all we [are] the work of Your hand.

Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

[What] if God, wanting to show [His] wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

"Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol -- A vessel in which [is] no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his descendants, And cast into a land which they do not know?

Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which [is] no pleasure.

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.

Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.