Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 18:12 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Jeremiah 18:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 18 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 on Jeremiah 18:12
Judah's defiant response: "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." This is shocking apostasy—not ignorant rejection but deliberate, conscious rebellion. "There is no hope" could mean either "it's useless (to try to change)" or "we don't care about hope," but either way expresses determined continuance in sin."We will walk after our own devices" (mahshevot, מַחֲשָׁבוֹת, plans/schemes) asserts autonomy—we'll do what we want regardless of God's will. "Every one do the imagination of his evil heart" recal...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 18:12
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“and your throat from thirst: but you said”
“when he hears the words of this curse”
“behold”
“but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart”
“It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.”
“out of the hearts of men”
“to the name of Yahweh”
“I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.,And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.,וַיָּרַח יְהוָה אֶת־רֵיחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־לִבּוֹ לֹא־אֹסִף לְקַלֵּל עוֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּר הָאָדָם כִּי יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע מִנְּעֻרָיו וְלֹא־אֹסִף עוֹד לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַי כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי׃ ,And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living”
“He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”
“and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”