Jeremiah Chapter 18 verse 12 Holy Bible
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.
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But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.
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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.
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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.
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But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
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And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And they said; rather, But they go on saying (comp. Ezekiel 33:17, 20). There is no hope. The rendering may be easily misunderstood. The speakers are not, as we might suppose, despondent about their state and prospects, but they seek to check the troublesome preacher by the warning that he has no chance of success (so Jeremiah 2:25). Imagination; rather, stubbornness (as constantly).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) And they said.--Better, But they say, as of continued action. This was the ever-recurring answer (see Note on Jeremiah 2:25) which they made to the prophet's pleas. It was the answer of defiance rather than of despair. "There is no hope, you need not hope, that we will do as you bid us. We will go on our way, and walk after our own devices."Imagination.--Better, as elsewhere, stubbornness.