Jeremiah 17:23

17:23 Your ancestors, ¹  however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused ²  to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

Jeremiah 18:12

18:12 But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! ³  We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “They.” The antecedent is spelled out to avoid any possible confusion.

² tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”

³ tn Heb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.

⁴ 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.