Popular Bible Verses from Jeremiah 18

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“House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? ” — this is the LORD’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.  However, if that nation about which I have made the announcement turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

At another time I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.  However, if it does what is evil in my sight by not listening to me, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.