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Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":7,"text":"At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":8,"text":"But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":9,"text":"And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":10,"text":"and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":11,"text":"Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. 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