4. Yet the vessel that he made of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into 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, can I not do with you as this potter? says the Lord. As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
7. At one moment I may speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it.
8. If that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to do to it.
9. Or at another moment I may speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to build and to plant it.
10. If it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would bless it.