“O house of Israel, (A)can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. (B)Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will (C)pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, (D)turns from its evil, (E)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

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He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay(A) in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand,(B) Israel. If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,(C) torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(D) and not inflict on it the disaster(E) I had planned.

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