12But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.' "


In Context

9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,

10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.

11 "Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.'

12 But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.' "

13 Therefore this is what the Lord says: "Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard anything like this? A most horrible thing has been done by Virgin Israel.

14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever cease to flow?

Jeremiah 18:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:12And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:12But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:12But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12And 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.