Jeremiah 18:12
King James Version
“And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.”
Context
9And instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant
10If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
11Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
13Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
14Will leave the snow of Lebanon from the rock of the field? shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways the ancient paths, to walk in paths, a way not cast up;