Jeremiah 18:7 BBE

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

⁶  O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.

⁷  Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

⁸  If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.

⁹  And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;