Jeremiah 18:7

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

⁶  O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

⁷  At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

⁸  If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, 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;