Jeremiah 18:11

7At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,

8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

9At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,

10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

11“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’

12But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”

13Therefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

15For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,