6. “Family of Israel, you know that I can do the same thing with you. You are like the clay in the potter’s hands, and I am the potter.” This message is from the Lord.
7. “There may come a time when I will speak about a nation or a kingdom that I will pull up by its roots or tear down and destroy it.
8. But if the people of that nation change their hearts and lives and stop doing evil things, I will change my mind and not bring on them the disaster I planned.
9. There may come another time when I speak about a nation that I will build up or plant.
10. But if I see that nation doing evil things and not obeying me, I will think again about the good I had planned to do for them.
11. “So, Jeremiah, say to the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am the potter preparing troubles for you and making plans against you. So stop doing the evil things you are doing. Each person must change and start doing good.’