¹² “But they say, ^(A)‘That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to ^(B)the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

¹⁹ one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

¹² and because ^(A)you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, ^(B)every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me.

^24 (A)But they did not obey or incline their ear, ^(B)but walked in their own counsels and ^(C)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and ^(D)went backward and not forward.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, ^(A)murder, adultery, ²² coveting, wickedness, deceit, ^(B)sensuality, ^(C)envy, ^(D)slander, ^(E)pride, ^(F)foolishness.

¹⁷ At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, ^(A)and all nations shall gather to it, ^(B)to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.