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Jeremiah 18:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 18:12

Verse 12 of 23

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 18:12

Theological / Devotional

There is no hope. This reply was not actually spoken by the people of Judah, but was the Lord’s representation of what the people were saying in heart and in action. These words are to be understood as expressing, not an attitude of despair, but rather one that defiantly rejects God’s overture of mercy in the previous verse. It is as if the apostates said, “Do not entertain the hope that we will do as you wish” (see Jer. 2:25).

Imagination. Literally, “stubbornness.”

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