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Jeremiah 18 · Preschool

God Is the Potter

Name Date

Color the potter and the clay pot. God shapes us with love!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Jeremiah 18:6 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that a potter shapes clay with his hands. God shapes his people with love. Use play dough together and talk about how God can make something new.

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Jeremiah 18 · Kindergarten

Clay in God's Hand

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

CLAY
POT
HAND
GOD
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.

Jeremiah 18:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

HAND
POT
CLAY
LOVE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a clay pot.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping my life. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where did Jeremiah go?
  • What does a potter do?

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Jeremiah 18 · Grade 1

The Potter's Wheel

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

POTTER
CLAY
WHEEL
SHAPE
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.

Jeremiah 18:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Jeremiah went to the potter's house.
The potter made a pot.
The clay was in his hand.
God can make people new.
The people chose their own plans.

The Potter

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels

At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it

Arise, and go down to the potter’s house

Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel

Draw a clay pot.

Memory Verse

“Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.”

Jeremiah 18:3 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping my life. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What happened to the pot?
  • Did the potter give up?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Jeremiah 18 · Grade 2

The Potter and the Clay

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Read the Story

God sent Jeremiah to a potter. The potter made a pot from clay. The pot did not turn out right.

So the potter made it again. He made a new pot. God said his people were like clay in his hand. God can make people new.

Memory Verse

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Jeremiah 18:6 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Where did God send Jeremiah?

    Clay in his handHe made it againTo a potter

  2. What did the potter use?

    ClayHe made it againClay in his hand

  3. What happened to the first pot?

  4. What did the potter do?

    ClayIt did not turn out rightHe made it again

  5. What were God's people like?

    To a potterIt did not turn out rightClay in his hand

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

OJLWPACOMHYCYGEJUYCAGVESSELLSPCAHJYDAPOGYATUHYNTFWNHTOWKTWODYMUJMEBJODYSNDRLBVVSE
  • POTTER
  • VESSEL
  • HOUSE
  • CLAY
  • HAND

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping my life. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How are we like clay?
  • What does it mean that God relents?

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Jeremiah 18 · Grade 3

Making It Again

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Read the Story

God told Jeremiah to go down to the potter's house. There Jeremiah watched the potter working at his wheel. The pot he was making was marred in his hand.

The potter did not throw the clay away. He made it again into another pot, as seemed good to him. God said his people were like clay in the potter's hand.

God explained that if a nation turns from its evil, he will relent. He wanted his people to return from their evil ways. But they said it was no use. They wanted to follow their own plans. Some people even made plans against Jeremiah.

Memory Verse

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Jeremiah 18:6 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What was the potter doing?

  2. What happened to the pot?

  3. What did the potter do with the clay?

  4. What happens if a nation turns from evil?

  5. What did the people want to follow?

The Potter

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

HOUSEJHJUHIVESSELJWTLYWDPCGVINGJDYPHSCLAYUNOAKKWTTSSTNHBBFVETTDOEETPRTEKOYCKKVBRU
  • POTTER
  • VESSEL
  • HOUSE
  • CLAY
  • HAND

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping my life. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did the people say it was in vain?
  • What are our own plans versus God's plans?

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Jeremiah 18 · Grade 4

Like Clay in the Potter's Hand

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Read and Think

God gave Jeremiah a lesson he could watch. Arise, and go down to the potter's house. Jeremiah saw the potter at the wheels. When the vessel was marred, the potter did not give up. He reshaped the clay into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter.

God asked if he could not do with Israel as this potter. As the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel. God explained how this worked. If he warned a nation and it turned from evil, he would relent. If he promised good to a nation and it did evil, he would reconsider the good.

Sadly, the people answered that it was in vain. They would walk after their own plans. God said even snow on the mountains of Lebanon stays faithful, yet his people had forgotten him. Some people then planned to attack Jeremiah with their words. Jeremiah asked God to remember how he had prayed for them.

Show What You Know

  1. What did the potter do when the vessel was marred?

  2. What did God say Israel was like?

  3. What happens when a warned nation turns from evil?

  4. How did the people answer?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

vesselGodpottergoodclay
  1. gave Jeremiah a lesson he could watch.
  2. Jeremiah saw the at the wheels.
  3. When the was marred, the potter did not give up.
  4. He reshaped the into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter.
  5. If he promised to a nation and it did evil, he would reconsider the good.

Think About It

  1. The potter reshaped the marred clay instead of throwing it away. What does that show about God?

  2. How can a person be soft clay instead of hard clay in God's hands?

Memory Verse

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Jeremiah 18:6 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping my life. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we be soft clay?
  • Why did people plan against Jeremiah?

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Jeremiah 18 · Grade 5

The Sovereign and Responsive Potter

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Read and Think

Jeremiah 18 is one of the best-known parables in the prophets. God told Jeremiah to go to the potter's house, where he would hear God's words. When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel. The potter was in full control, yet he was patient and purposeful with flawed clay.

God applied the picture with a question. House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? God has authority over nations. Yet verses 7 to 10 show that his dealings respond to how people answer him. If a nation turns from its evil, God will relent of the disaster he planned. If a nation does evil after God promised good, he will reconsider the good. God's sovereignty and human response are held together.

The people's reply was hopeless and stubborn. It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans. God marveled that even nature is steady, yet his people forgot him and walked in byways instead of ancient paths. Opponents then plotted to strike Jeremiah with the tongue. In his distress, Jeremiah reminded God that he had stood before him to speak good for them, and he asked God to deal with his enemies. In the New Testament, Paul uses the potter and clay picture when speaking of God's purposes (Romans 9:21).

Show What You Know

  1. What does the potter show about God?

  2. How do verses 7 to 10 describe God's dealings?

  3. What was the people's reply?

  4. What had Jeremiah done for the people before they plotted against him?

Crossword

2134

Across

  1. House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this ____.
  2. ____ of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter.
  3. As the ____ in the potter’s hand.

Down

  1. He made it again another ____.
  2. As the clay in the potter’s ____.

Think About It

  1. God is in control, yet he responds when people turn. How do both truths help us pray?

  2. The people said change was in vain. Why is hopelessness about change dangerous?

Memory Verse

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Jeremiah 18:6 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for shaping my life. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did Jeremiah pray for them before?
  • What would you like God to shape in you?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.