When I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, to pull down and to destroy it: If that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.
And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to build and to plant it: If it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.”
Jeremiah 18:7-10