Yet the Lord is merciful and loyal, restoring the broken relationship in Exodus 34:6, and here as well. In the chiastic structure of 13:10–15:13, the denunciation of makers of clay images matches that of makers of wooden images in 13:10–19. Though both sections mention makers of gold and silver images (13:10cd and 15:9cd), their chief concern is wood and clay images, and these materials provide the occasion for the rich ironies of the passages. The potter is implicitly