Jeremiah 18:7-12

7At one moment I may speak about a nation or about a kingdom, to uproot, to pull down or to destroy it.

8But if that nation turns from their evil, because of what I have spoken against it, I will relent concerning the calamity that I planned to do to it.

9Or at another time I may speak about a nation or about a kingdom, to build up or to plant it.

10But if it does evil in My sight, not listening to My voice, then I will relent of the good that I had said I would do to it.”

11So now, speak to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, thus says Adonai: “I am about to bring calamity against you, and devise disaster against you. Turn back now—everyone from his evil way—and amend your ways and your doings.

12But they say: ‘It’s hopeless! So we will walk after our own plans, and each of us will act in the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”