Jeremiah 18:6-10

6"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

7If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,

8and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

9And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

10and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it.