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Jeremiah 18:12

Discouragement and depressionPride

10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.

11 Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’

But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”

13 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.

14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?

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BSB
But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
KJV
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
WEB
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.’”
ASV
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.
DARBY
But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do [according to] the stubbornness of his evil heart.
BLB
And they said, ‘It is hopeless! For according to our own plans we will walk, and each man will do the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
ÅB
Men de sier: Du taler forgjeves! Våre egne tanker vil vi følge, og enhver av oss vil følge sitt onde, hårde hjerte.
OTB
Men de vil si, ‘Det er håpløst! Vi vil følge våre egne planer, og hver av oss vil handle etter sitt onde hjertes stahet.’
B1930
Men de sier: Du taler forgjeves! Våre egne tanker vil vi følge, og enhver av oss vil følge sitt onde, hårde hjerte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:25

    You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

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  • Jeremiah 16:12

    And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.

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  • Jeremiah 7:24

    Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:19

    because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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  • Isaiah 57:10

    You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

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  • Jeremiah 3:17

    At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

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  • Luke 1:51

    He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

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  • Mark 7:21–22

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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