Jeremiah 18:7 ASV

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

⁶  O 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, O house of Israel.

⁷  At what instant I shall 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, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

⁹  And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;