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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”

Context of Jeremiah 18:12

10and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it. 11“Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ 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.’ ” 13Therefore this is what the Lord says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard anything like this? A most horrible thing has been done by Virgin Israel. 14Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing?

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 2:25Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
• 2 Kings 6:33While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him. The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
• Isaiah 57:10You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
• Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’
• Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
• Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
• Jeremiah 11:8But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.’ ”
• Jeremiah 16:12But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.
• Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’ And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’
• Jeremiah 44:17We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.
• Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
• Genesis 8:21The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
• Deuteronomy 29:19When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
• Mark 7:21For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

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
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In the dictionaries

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• 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