Jeremiah 18:8-12
Jeremiah 18:8
if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.
Jeremiah 18:9
Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;
Jeremiah 18:10
if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said that I would bless it.
Jeremiah 18:11
So 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 correct your ways and your deeds!” ’
Jeremiah 18:12
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will persist in the stubbornness of his evil heart.’