6. “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7. At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
8. if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9. At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10. if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.