Jeremiah 18:3-9

English Standard Version

³ So I went down to ^(A)the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. ⁴ And the vessel he was making of clay was ^(B)spoiled in the potter's hand, and ^(C)he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

⁵ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁶ “O house of Israel, ^(D)can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. ^(E)Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. ⁷ If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^(F)pluck up and break down and destroy it, ⁸ and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^(G)turns from its evil, ^(H)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. ⁹ And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will ^(I)build and plant it,