Jeremiah 18:1-8 ▼

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.”

3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and saw that he was working at the wheel.

4 But the vessel that he was making from clay was spoiled by the potter’s hand; so he made it over, reworking it and making it into another pot that seemed good to him.

5 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” says the LORD. “Look carefully, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

7 At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;

8 if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the devastation that I intended to do.