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Jeremiah 18:12

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.’”

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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.

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.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמְר֖וּve.'a.me.Ruand they sayH559 →
נוֹאָ֑שׁno.'AshdespairingH2976 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙mach.she.vo.Tei.nuown plans ourH4284 →
נֵלֵ֔ךְne.Lekhwe will walkH1980 →
וְאִ֛ישׁve.'Ishand everyoneH376 →
שְׁרִר֥וּתshe.ri.Rut[the] stubbornness ofH8307 →
לִבּֽוֹ־li.bov-heart hisH3820 →
הָרָ֖עha.Ra'<the> wickedH7451 →
נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ סna.'a.Sehwe will actH6213 →

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Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.Jeremiah 2:25You 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.’Deuteronomy 29:19because 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.Jeremiah 7:24Yet 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.Jeremiah 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.Isaiah 57:10You 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.Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.Jeremiah 3:17At 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.Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.Mark 7:21–22For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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