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Jeremiah 18:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

Jeremiah 18:12

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10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

12 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.

13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

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From This Chapter

Jeremiah 18:1

"The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"

Jeremiah 18:2

"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words."

Jeremiah 18:3

"Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels."

Jeremiah 18:4

"And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it."

Jeremiah 18:5

"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,"

Jeremiah 18:6

"O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel."

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