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Jeremiah 18:12

What does Jeremiah 18:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 18:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they said; We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.11Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

v.12This passage

v.13Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 2:25

    Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

  • Jeremiah 44:17

    But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

  • Jeremiah 16:12

    and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:

  • Ezekiel 37:11

    Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19

    and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

  • 2 Kings 6:33

    And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?

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