Jeremiah 18:2-12

2Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

3And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

4And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

5And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

6House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, house of Israel.

7At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

9And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,

10if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.

11And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I prepare evil against you, and devise a device against you: turn ye then every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

12But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do [according to] the stubbornness of his evil heart.