2. Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
3. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he worked a work on the wheels.
4. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6. O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter?
7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
8. If that nation, against whom I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will change from the evil that I thought to do unto them.
9. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10. If it does evil in my sight, that it obeys not my voice, then I will change from the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
11. Now therefore go, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I am shaping evil against you, and devise a plan against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
12. And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.