Jeremiah 18:12-14

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Israel’s Stubborn Idolatry

¹²“But they say, ‘That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

¹³“Therefore thus says the Lord:
Ask among the nations,
    who has heard the like of this?
The virgin Israel
    has done a very horrible thing.
¹⁴Does the snow of Lebanon leave
    the crags of Si′rion?^[a]
Do the mountain^[b] waters run dry,^[c]
    the cold flowing streams?

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 18:14 Cn: Heb the field
Jeremiah 18:14 Cn: Heb foreign
Jeremiah 18:14 Cn: Heb Are . . . plucked up?

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