Jeremiah 18:12

Jeremiah 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they said, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.”

Context of Jeremiah 18:12

10But suppose that nation does what I consider evil and doesn’t obey me. Then I will change my plans about the good that I promised to do to it. 11“Now say to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I’m going to prepare a disaster and make plans against you. Turn from your evil ways, change your lives, and do good.’ “But they will answer, ‘It’s useless! We’ll live the way we want to. We’ll go our own stubborn, evil ways.’ 13“This is what the Lord says: Ask among the nations if anyone has ever heard anything like this. The people of Israel have done a very horrible thing. 14The rocky slopes of Lebanon are never without snow. The cool mountain streams never dry up.

Jeremiah 18:12 word by word

וְאָמְר֖וּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ וְאִ֛ישׁ שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• There is no hopeיָאַשׁyâ'ash · to despairH2976
• but we will walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• our own devicesמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• and we will every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the imaginationשְׁרִירוּתsherîyrûth · stubbornnessH8307
• of his evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:12

• Jeremiah 2:25Don’t run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it’s useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.
• 2 Kings 6:33While he was still talking to them, the messenger arrived. He said to Elisha, “This severe famine is from the Lord. Why should I wait any longer for the Lord ⌞to help us⌟?”
• Isaiah 57:10You’ve tired yourself out with many journeys. You didn’t think that it was hopeless. You’ve found renewed strength, so you didn’t faint.
• Ezekiel 37:11The Lord also said to me, “Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say, ‘Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.’
• Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. All nations will gather in Jerusalem because the name of the Lord will be found there. They will no longer follow their own stubborn, evil ways.
• Jeremiah 7:24But they didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. They followed their own plans and their stubborn, evil ways. They went backward and not forward.
• Jeremiah 11:8But they didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. They followed their own stubborn, evil ways. So I punished them, because they did not keep all the terms of the promise, the terms that I commanded them to keep.”
• Jeremiah 16:12You have done worse than your ancestors. All of you are following your own stubborn, evil ways that keep you from obeying me.
• Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise me, “The Lord says, ‘Everything will go well for you.’ ” They tell all who live by their own stubborn ways, “Nothing bad will happen to you.”
• Jeremiah 44:17We will do everything we said we would do. We will burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out wine offerings to her as our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem. We had plenty to eat then, and we lived comfortably and saw no disaster.
• Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.
• Genesis 8:21The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.
• Deuteronomy 29:19Someone may hear the conditions of this promise. He may think that he is so blessed that he can say, “I’ll be safe even if I go my own stubborn way. After all, ⌞the Lord would never⌟ sweep away well-watered ground along with dry ground.”
• Mark 7:21Evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,
• Luke 1:51“He displayed his mighty power. He scattered those who think too highly of themselves.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12There is no hope - See Jeremiah 2:25.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And they said - Better, But they say. Imagination - Or, stubbornness, see Jeremiah 3:17.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to be a slave to his lusts, is the very worst slavery. They forsook God for idols. When men are parched with heat, and meet with cooling, refreshing streams, they use them. In these things men will not leave a certainty for an uncertainty; but Israel left the ancient paths appointed by the Divine law. They walked not in the highway, in which they might travel safely, but in a way in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The people of Judah ignored the Lord's message. They mocked it, refused to change, and boldly followed their own wrong desires.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. no hope--Thy threats and exhortations are all thrown away (Jr 2:25). Our case is desperate; we are hopelessly abandoned to our sins and their penalty. In this and the following clauses, "We will walk after our own devices," Jeremiah makes them express the real state of the case, rather than the hypocritical subterfuges which they would have been inclined to put forth. So Is 30:10, 11.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:12

• Church
• Despondency
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• Smite
• Wag
• Imagination
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings