“But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
Jeremiah 18:12 (WEB)
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10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them. 11“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’ 12But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’” 13Therefore Yahweh says:“Ask now among the nations,‘Who has heard such things?’The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. 14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?