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Jeremiah 18:12

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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.

And they said {H559}, There is no hope {H2976}: but we will walk {H3212} after {H310} our own devices {H4284}, and we will every one {H376} do {H6213} the imagination {H8307} of his evil {H7451} heart {H3820}.

"But they will answer, 'It's hopeless! We will stick to our own plans; each of us will stubbornly follow his own evil desires!'

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.’”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 2:25 (7 votes)

    Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19 (5 votes)

    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 imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

  • Isaiah 57:10 (4 votes)

    Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; [yet] saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

  • Jeremiah 7:24 (4 votes)

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

  • Jeremiah 16:12 (4 votes)

    And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

  • Luke 1:51 (3 votes)

    He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

  • Mark 7:21 (3 votes)

    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,