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Jeremiah 18:12

Jeremiah 18:12
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon, which cometh from the rock of the field?.... Lebanon was a mountain on the borders of Judea, the top of which was covered in the summertime with snow, from the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And they said - Better, But they say. Imagination - Or, stubbornness, see Jer 3:17.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 18:11-17

These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state.

I. God was now speaking concerning them…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

no hope It is too late to turn back now. See on Jer 2:25.

stubbornness Cp. ch. Jer 3:17.