Jeremiah 18:5-10

5The word of the Lord came to me:

6“House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?” — this is the Lord’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

7At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.

8However, if that nation about which I have made the announcement turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

9At another time I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.

10However, if it does what is evil in my sight by not listening to me, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.