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Israel’s Stubborn Idolatry

12 But they say, “It is no use! We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of our evil will.”(A)

13 Therefore thus says the Lord:
Ask among the nations:
    Who has heard the like of this?
The virgin Israel has done
    a most horrible thing.(B)
14 Does the snow of Lebanon leave
    the crags of Sirion?[a]
Do the mountain[b] waters run dry,[c]
    the cold flowing streams?

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Footnotes

  1. 18.14 Cn: Heb of the field
  2. 18.14 Cn: Heb foreign
  3. 18.14 Cn: Heb Are . . . plucked up?