Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 18:10
A church father on this verse
“But let us hear the Lord himself recounting and saying: "Shall I not be able to do to you as the potter, O house of Israel? says the Lord. Behold, as the clay of the potter, so are you in my hands. At the end I will speak against a nation and a kingdom, to remove them and to destroy them; and that nation shall turn fr…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
10and they do evil before me, so as not to hearken to my voice, then will I repent of the good which I spoke of, to do it to them.
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8and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
9And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it;
— Jeremiah 18:10 —
11And now say to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Behold, I prepare evils against you, and devise a device against you: let every one turn now from his evil way, and amend your practices.
12And they said, We will quit ourselves like men, for we will pursue our perverse ways, and we will perform each the lusts of his evil heart.