Discovery BoxJeremiah 18:12 
Context18:12 But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! 1 We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” 2
Jeremiah 40:16
Context40:16 But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do that 3 because what you are saying about Ishmael is not true.” 4
1 tn Heb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.
2 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.
3 tn Heb “this thing.”
4 tn Heb “is false” or “is a lie.”
