6. Can I not do to you, house of Israel, as this potter has done?—oracle of the Lord. Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7. At one moment I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will uproot and tear down and destroy it;
8. but if that nation against whom I have decreed turns from its evil, then I will have a change of heart regarding the evil which I have decreed.
9. At another moment, I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will build up and plant it;
10. but if that nation does what is evil in my eyes, refusing to obey my voice, then I will have a change of heart regarding the good with which I planned to bless it.
11. And now, tell this to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord: Look, I am fashioning evil against you and making a plan. Return, all of you, from your evil way; reform your ways and your deeds.