“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?”
says the LORD.
“Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it, if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,