Jeremiah 18:1-11
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, [SUP]2 [/SUP]“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.” [SUP]3 [/SUP]Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. [SUP]4 [/SUP]But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.[SUP]5 [/SUP]Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, [SUP]6 [/SUP]“Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. [SUP]7 [/SUP]At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; [SUP]8 [/SUP]if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it. [SUP]9 [/SUP]Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it; [SUP]10 [/SUP]if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will think better of the good with which I had promised to bless it. [SUP]11 [/SUP]So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds.”’