When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,
Jeremiah 16:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You did more evil than your ancestors. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And because you have done worse than your fathers. For behold, every one of you walks after the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen to and obey Me. American Standard Version (1901) and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me: Common English Bible And you, you have acted worse than your ancestors, each of you following your own willful, evil hearts and paying no attention to me. Catholic Public Domain Version But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you also have done worse than your fathers: for, behold, every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me. |
When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, ‘I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live; after that they go to the dead.
These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship #– #they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable #– #who can understand it?
But they will say, “It’s hopeless. We will continue to follow our plans, and each of us will continue to act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.” ’
Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot, a jar no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they have not known?
Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention, but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backwards and not forwards.
However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.
Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.’
Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
‘Therefore say to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: Are you defiling yourselves the way your ancestors did, and prostituting yourselves with their abhorrent things?
The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies that their ancestors followed have led them astray.
‘Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,’ says the Lord of Armies. Yet you ask, ‘How can we return? ’
For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, “I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.” This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land.
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.
Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
Whenever the judge died, the Israelites would act even more corruptly than their ancestors, following other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them. They did not turn from their evil practices or their obstinate ways.
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.