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“Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares Yahweh. “Behold, like the (A)clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to (B)uproot, to tear down, or to make it perish; (C)but if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will [a](D)relent concerning the calamity I planned to do against it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:8 Or regret, cf. 1 Sam 15:11, 29, 3

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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