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Jeremiah 18:12-14
New King James Version
Jeremiah 18:12-14
New King James Version
God’s Warning Rejected
12 And they said, (A)“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one [a]obey the (B)dictates[b] of his evil heart.”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(C)“Ask now among the Gentiles,
Who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel has done (D)a very horrible thing.
14 Will a man [c]leave the snow water of Lebanon,
Which comes from the rock of the field?
Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:12 Lit. do
- Jeremiah 18:12 stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 18:14 forsake
Jeremiah 18:12-14
New International Version
Jeremiah 18:12-14
New International Version
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:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
Jeremiah 18:12-14
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 18:12-14
English Standard Version
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?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:14 Hebrew of the field
- Jeremiah 18:14 Hebrew Are foreign waters plucked up
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