Jeremiah 18:1-10

Darby Translation

18 The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

³ And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

⁴ And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

⁵ And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

⁶ House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, house of Israel.

⁷ At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

⁸ if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

⁹ And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,

¹⁰ if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.