Jeremiah 18:2-10

LEB(i) 2 "Stand up and go down to the house of the potter, and there I will let you hear my words." 3 So I went down to the house of the potter and look, there he was doing work at the potter's wheels. 4 And the vessel that he was making with the clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter, so he made again* another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make. 5 And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,* 6 "Like this potter, am I not able to do to you, O house of Israel?" declares* Yahweh. "Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 7 One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy it.* 8 But if that nation turns back from its evil that I have threatened against it, then I will relent concerning the disaster that I planned to do to it. 9 And the next moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant it.* 10 But if it does evil in my sight, to not listen to my voice, then I will relent concerning the good that I said I would do to it.