Jeremiah 18:2-12

2AriseH6965, and goH3381 down to the potter’sH3335 houseH1004, and there I will cause thee to hearH8085 my wordsH1697. 3Then I wentH3381 downH3381 to the potter’sH3335 houseH1004, and, behold, he was makingH6213 a workH4399 on the wheels. 4And whenH834 the vesselH3627 that he madeH6213 of the clay was marred in the handH3027 of the potterH3335, he madeH6213 it again another vesselH3627, as seemed good to the potterH3335 to makeH6213 it.

5Then the wordH1697 of Jehovah came to me, sayingH559, 6O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, cannot I do with you as this potterH3335? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’sH3335 handH3027, soH3651 are ye in my handH3027, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478. 7At what instant I shall speakH1696 concerning a nationH1471, and concerning a kingdomH4467, to pluckH5428 up and to breakH5422 downH5422 and to destroyH6 it; 8if that nationH1471, concerning which I have spokenH1696, turnH7725 from their evilH7451, I will repent of the evilH7451 that I thought to do unto them. 9And at what instant I shall speakH1696 concerning a nationH1471, and concerning a kingdomH4467, to buildH1129 and to plantH5193 it; 10if they do that which is evilH7451 in my sight, that they obey not my voiceH6963, then I will repentH5162 of the goodH2896, wherewith I saidH559 I would benefit them. 11NowH6258 thereforeH6258, speak to the menH376 of JudahH3063, and to the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389, sayingH559, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evilH7451 against you, and devise a device against you: returnH7725 ye nowH6258 every oneH376 from his evilH7451 wayH1870, and amend your waysH1870 and your doings. 12But they sayH559, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every oneH376 after the stubbornnessH8307 of his evilH7451 heartH3820.