Jeremiah 18:12

18:12 But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! ¹  We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” ² 

Isaiah 57:10

57:10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, ³ 

but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ ⁴ 

You get renewed energy, ⁵ 

so you don’t collapse. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.

² tn Heb “We will follow our own plans and do each one according to the stubbornness of his own wicked heart.”

³ tn Heb “by the greatness [i.e., “length,” see BDB 914 s.v. רֹב 2] of your way you get tired.”

⁴ tn Heb “it is hopeless” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “It is useless.”

⁵ tn Heb “the life of your hand you find.” The term חַיָּה (khayyah, “life”) is here used in the sense of “renewal” (see BDB 312 s.v.) while יָד (yad) is used of “strength.”

⁶ tn Heb “you do not grow weak.”