"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:... 'The instant 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.

"'Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ""Thus says the LORD" ''Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you.  Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.'"