“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…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 18
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7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
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5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
— Jeremiah 18:7 —
8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
9And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;