1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

2“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.”

3So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

4But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.

5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

6“Am I not able, house of Israel, to deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.

7At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;

8if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.

9Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

10if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said Lit to do it goodthat I would bless it.

11So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now turn back, each of you from his evil way, and Lit make goodcorrect your ways and your deeds!” ’

12But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will Lit do thepersist in the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

18Then they said, “Come and let’s devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor advice by the wise, nor the divine word by the prophet! Come, and let’s strike at him with our tongue, and let’s pay no attention to any of his words.”