Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 18:9
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
9And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it;
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7If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them;
8and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
— Jeremiah 18:9 —
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.
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.