JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;