6. House of Israel, can’t I deal with you like this potter, declares the Lord? Like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in mine, house of Israel!
7. At any time I may announce that I will dig up, pull down, and destroy a nation or kingdom;
8. but if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I’ll relent and not carry out the harm I intended for it.
9. At the same time, I may announce that I will build and plant a nation or kingdom;