But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them.

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

And they have gone after the depravity of their own heart, and after Baal, which they learned from their fathers."

Et ambulaverunt post cogitationes (vel, post contumaciam; nam utroque modo vertunt hoc nomen, post cogitationes ergo) cordis sui, et post Baalim, quos docuerunt patres ipsorum:

Imagination - Or, as in the margin.
Which their fathers taught them - It was not the sin of one generation that brought upon them chastisement: it was a sin, which had been handed down from father to son.

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which (l) their fathers taught them:
(l) He shows that the children cannot excuse themselves by their fathers: for both father and child if they are wicked will perish.

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart,.... What their own hearts devised, chose, and were best pleased with; See Gill on Jeremiah 7:24,
and after Baalim; the idols of the Gentiles; these they served and worshipped, and not the true God:
which their fathers taught them; which was so far from excusing them, that it was an aggravation of their sin, that they had continued in their wicked ways and idolatrous practices, from age to age, from one generation to another. This then was the cause of their calamity and destruction; they had forsaken the law of the Lord, and had broken that; they had chose their own ways, and had been guilty of idolatrous practices time out of mind; wherefore the Lord had shown much longsuffering and patience with them, and would now no longer forbear he was just and righteous in his doings.

(Jeremiah 7:24).
Baalim--plural of Baal, to express his supposed manifold powers.
fathers taught them-- (Galatians 1:14; 1-Peter 1:18). We are not to follow the errors of the fathers, but the authority of Scripture and of God [JEROME].