New American Standard Bible 2020
Jeremiah 18:12-15
12But 1they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will 2persist in the 3stubbornness of his evil heart.’
13“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘4Just ask among the nations, Who ever heard anything like 5this? The 6virgin of Israel Has done a most 7appalling thing.14Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the open country alone? Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever dried up?15For 8My people have forgotten Me, 9They burn incense 10to worthless gods. And they 11have stumbled in their ways, In the 12ancient roads, To walk on paths, Not on a 13highway,
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 18:12 Is 57:10; Jer 2:25 ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 18:12 Lit do the ↩
- 3. Jeremiah 18:12 Deut 29:19; Jer 7:24; 16:12 ↩
- 4. Jeremiah 18:13 Is 66:8; Jer 2:10, 11 ↩
- 5. Jeremiah 18:13 Lit these ↩
- 6. Jeremiah 18:13 Jer 14:17; 31:4 ↩
- 7. Jeremiah 18:13 Jer 5:30; 23:14; Hos 6:10 ↩
- 8. Jeremiah 18:15 Jer 2:32; 3:21 ↩
- 9. Jeremiah 18:15 Is 65:7; Jer 7:9; 10:15; 44:17 ↩
- 10. Jeremiah 18:15 Lit to worthlessness ↩
- 11. Jeremiah 18:15 As in ancient versions; MT caused them to ↩
- 12. Jeremiah 18:15 Jer 6:16 ↩
- 13. Jeremiah 18:15 Is 57:14; 62:10 ↩
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
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