Jeremiah 18:5-7

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ The word of the Lord came to me: ⁶ “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.^{(A) 7} At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.^(B)