7 At one moment I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will uproot and tear down and destroy it;
8 but if that nation against whom I have decreed turns from its evil, then I will have a change of heart regarding the evil which I have decreed.
9 At another moment, I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will build up and plant it;
10 but if that nation does what is evil in my eyes, refusing to obey my voice, then I will have a change of heart regarding the good with which I planned to bless it.
11 And now, tell this to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord: Look, I am fashioning evil against you and making a plan. Return, all of you, from your evil way; reform your ways and your deeds.
12 But they will say, “No use! We will follow our own devices; each one of us will behave according to the stubbornness of our evil hearts!”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord:Ask among the nations—who has ever heard the like?Truly horrible thingsvirgin Israel has done!