Jeremiah 18:1-10

1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.”

3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and saw that he was working at the wheel.

4But the vessel that he was making from clay was spoiled by the potter’s hand; so he made it over, reworking it and making it into another pot that seemed good to him.

5Then the word of the Lord came to me:

6“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” says the Lord. “Look carefully, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

7At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;

8if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the devastation that I intended to do.

9Or at another time I might [suddenly] speak about a nation or kingdom that I will build up or establish;

10and if they do evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will reverse My decision concerning the good with which I had promised to bless them.