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
Jeremiah 22:9
22:9 The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”
1 tnHeb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.
2 tnHeb “We will follow our own plans and do each one according to the stubbornness of his own wicked heart.”