Jeremiah 18:6 DBY

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.