Verse 12
Jeremiah 16:12
Free Bible Version
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But listen! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when people won't any longer make vows, saying, “On the Lord's life, who led the Israelites out of Egypt?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אַתֶּ֛ם הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת מֵ/אֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/הִנְּ/כֶ֣ם הֹלְכִ֗ים אִ֚ישׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבּֽ/וֹ הָ/רָ֔ע לְ/בִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֥עַ אֵלָֽ/י
English Translation
And you, have you been rebellious to do from your fathers, and behold, you are walking each man after the stubbornness of his evil heart to not listen to me.
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