Jeremiah 18:5–12

5  And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 6  House 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. 7  At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, 8  if 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. 9  And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant, 10  if 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.

11  And 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. 12  But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.