¹⁷They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, ^sYe shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the ^||imagination of his own heart, ^tNo evil shall come upon you.

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sSee ch. 6:14. Comp. Zech. 10:2.
||Or, stubbornness. See ch. 3:17.
t Mic. 3:11. So ch. 5:12.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, ‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ‘No disaster shall come upon you.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They keep saying to those who despise me,

‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’

And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts

they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They keep on saying to those who despise me, ‘The Lord has spoken: You will have peace.’ They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

They keep saying to those who despise my word,

‘Don’t worry! The Lord says you will have peace!’

And to those who stubbornly follow their own desires,

they say, ‘No harm will come your way!’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They are continually saying to those who disregard the word of Yahweh,

‘Peace it will be to you,’

and to each one who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say,

‘Calamity will not come upon you.’