# Jeremiah 18.8 **Book:** [Jeremiah](/codex/jeremiah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 6. O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel. 7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; > > **8. if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.** > > 9. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10. if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. (Jeremiah 18:6-10, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 6. “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel. 7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; > > **8. if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.** > > 9. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10. if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them. (Jeremiah 18:6-10, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 6. O 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. 7. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; > > **8. If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.** > > 9. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10. If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. (Jeremiah 18:6-10, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 6. As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So [are] ye in My hand, O house of Israel. 7. The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, > > **8. And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.** > > 9. And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant, 10. And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it. (Jeremiah 18:6-10, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Evil God Objection Defeater](/codex/evil-god-objection-defeater/), via [Jeremiah 18.7-10](/codex/jeremiah-18-7-10/) **Concepts:** - [Biblical Prophecy](/codex/biblical-prophecy/), via [Jeremiah 18.7-10](/codex/jeremiah-18-7-10/) - [Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Molinism vs Open Theism](/codex/calvinism-vs-arminianism-vs-molinism-vs-open-theism/), via [Jeremiah 18.7-10](/codex/jeremiah-18-7-10/) - [Open Theism](/codex/open-theism/), via [Jeremiah 18.7-10](/codex/jeremiah-18-7-10/) **Lexicon:** - [G3340 - metanoeo](/codex/g3340-metanoeo/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 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Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.