7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
8. if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
9. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10. if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
11. Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
12. But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.