Jer 18:11-17 | ESV | STEP | Now , therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : Thus says the Lord , Behold , I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return , every one from his evil way , and amend your ways and your deeds .

Jeremiah 18:11-17

11 Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. ^aReturn, every one from his evil way, and ^bamend your ways and your deeds.’

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

13 “Therefore thus says the Lord:
^eAsk among the nations,
Who has heard the like of this?
The virgin Israel
has done ^fa very horrible thing.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon leave
the crags of Sirion? ^{▼▼Hebrew of the field}
Do the mountain waters run dry, ^{▼▼Hebrew Are foreign waters plucked up}
the cold flowing streams?
15 ⁱBut my people have forgotten me;
they make offerings to ^jfalse gods;
they made them stumble in their ways,
^kin the ancient roads,
and to walk into side roads,
^lnot the highway,
16 making their land ^ma horror,
a thing ⁿto be hissed at forever.
^oEveryone who passes by it is horrified
^pand shakes his head.
17 ^qLike the east wind ^rI will scatter them
before the enemy.
^sI will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”