Jeremiah 18:9

5Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

6“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

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.