Jeremiah 18:1–11

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, ²Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. ³And I went down to the potter’s house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. ⁴And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make. ⁵And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, ⁶House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, house of Israel. ⁷At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, ⁸if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. ⁹And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant, ¹⁰if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.

¹¹And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I prepare evil against you, and devise a device against you: turn ye then every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.