Jeremiah 16:12
16:12 And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me. 1
Jeremiah 18:12
18:12 But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! 2 We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” 3
1 sn For the argumentation here compare Jer 7:23-26.
2 tn Heb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.
3 tn Heb “We will follow our own plans and do each one according to the stubbornness of his own wicked heart.”
sn This has been the consistent pattern of their behavior. See 7:24; 9:13; 13:10; 16:12.