Jeremiah 15:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 You know, Lord:
Remember me and take care of me,
avenge me on my persecutors.
Because you are slow to anger, do not banish me;
know that for you I have borne insult.(A)
Jeremiah 18:20-23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 Must good be repaid with evil
that they should dig a pit to take my life?
Remember that I stood before you
to speak on their behalf,
to turn your wrath away from them.(A)
21 So now, give their children[a] to famine,(B)
deliver them to the power of the sword.
Let their wives be childless and widows;
let their husbands die of pestilence,
their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.
22 May cries be heard from their homes,
when suddenly you send plunderers against them.
For they have dug a pit to capture me,
they have hidden snares for my feet;
23 But you, Lord, know
all their planning for my death.
Do not forgive their crime,
and their sin do not blot out from your sight!
Let them stumble before you,
in the time of your anger act against them.(C)
Footnotes
- 18:21 Give their children: often an extended family is meant, to be rewarded or punished as a unit.
Psalm 35:5-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 Make them like chaff before the wind,(A)
with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
6 Make their way slippery and dark,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
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