Jeremiah:18:2-10
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:2 @ "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words."
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:3 @ Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:4 @ And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:5 @ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:6 @ "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:7 @ The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:8 @ if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:9 @ And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
nkjv@Jeremiah:18:10 @ if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.