Jeremiah 4:14

4:14 “Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil ¹ 

so that you may yet be delivered.

How long will you continue to harbor up

wicked schemes within you?

Jeremiah 18:12

18:12 But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! ²  We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” ³ 

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Oh, Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil.”

[18:12]  ² tn Heb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.

[18:12]  ³ tn Heb “We will follow our own plans and do each one according to the stubbornness of his own wicked heart.”