Jeremiah 18:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ Can I not do to you what this potter does, O house of Israel? Like the clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. ⁷ On occasion I may threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a particular nation or kingdom. ⁸ However, should that nation which I have threatened turn away from its evil ways, I will then relent and not inflict the disaster I had devised.