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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.’

13 “Therefore thus says the Lord:
(C)Ask among the nations,
    Who has heard the like of this?
The virgin Israel
    has done (D)a very horrible thing.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon leave
    the crags of Sirion?[a]
Do the mountain waters run dry,[b]
    the cold flowing streams?

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  1. Jeremiah 18:14 Hebrew of the field
  2. Jeremiah 18:14 Hebrew Are foreign waters plucked up

12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use.(A) We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.(B)’”

13 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“Inquire among the nations:
    Who has ever heard anything like this?(C)
A most horrible(D) thing has been done
    by Virgin(E) Israel.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon
    ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
    ever stop flowing?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.