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Jeremiah 18:12

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But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ”

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Jeremiah 18:12 in other translations

But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Jeremiah 18:12 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 18:12 in context

  1. 10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
  2. 11“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.” ’
  3. 12But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ”
  4. 13Therefore Yahweh says:
    “Ask now among the nations,
    ‘Who has heard such things?’
    The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
  5. 14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?
    Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?