18:11
This verse must be read in context with the preceding verses, and also demonstrates how we are to take God’s announcements of judgement. God has just told Jeremiah that if a nation destined for destruction repents then God will relent. So here God gives Jeremiah a message of judgement to deliver to the people, He is preparing disaster for them. So what Judah should do is to repent of their sins, of their evil ways. If they had done this then they would have been spared. When God delivers a message of judgement it is done with the hope that people will respond to it and turn from their evil ways. It is a warning that should be heeded.
18:12
However, God knew that the people would not repent. Instead they would continue in their evil ways. They would not turn to God, but persist in following their own path. No one has any need to go to hell, but many will. Not because God is cruel, but because men are stubborn, refusing to take the offer of salvation.
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