Rotherham(i)
3 So I went down, to the house of the potter,––and, there he was! making a piece of work, on the wheels.
4 Then was marred, the vessel that he, was making, while yet it was clay in the hand of the potter,––so he turned and made of it another, vessel, as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make it.
5 Then came the word of Yahweh, unto me, saying:
6 Like this potter, can I not deal with you, O house of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh: Lo! as clay in the hand of the potter, So, are, ye, in my hand O house of Israel.
7 The moment I speak, concerning a nation, or concerning a kingdom,––to pull up and to break down, and to destroy;
8 and that nation return, from its wickedness, against whom I have spoken, then will I repent concerning the calamity, which I had devised to bring upon it.
9 And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation, or concerning a kingdom,––to build, and to plant;
10 and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.