23 Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
(A)Provide no atonement for their iniquity,
Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
But let them be overthrown before You.
Deal thus with them
In the time of Your (B)anger.

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23 But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill(A) me.
Do not forgive(B) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.(C)

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22 (A)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
23 (B)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.
24 (C)Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 (D)Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.
26 For they persecute the ones (E)You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
27 (F)Add iniquity to their iniquity,
(G)And let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let them (H)be blotted out of the book of the living,
(I)And not be written with the righteous.

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22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(A)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(B)
24 Pour out your wrath(C) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(D)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(E)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(F)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(G)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(H)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(I)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(J)

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  1. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

(A)Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be (B)turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.

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May those who seek my life(A)
    be disgraced(B) and put to shame;(C)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back(D) in dismay.

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People bow down,
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.

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So people will be brought low(A)
    and everyone humbled(B)
    do not forgive them.[a](C)

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  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up

14 (A)Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother (B)be blotted out.
15 Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may (C)cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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14 May the iniquity of his fathers(A) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(B) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(C) from the earth.

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(A)Hear, O our God, for we are despised; (B)turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity! (C)Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

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Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt(B) or blot out their sins from your sight,(C) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

But in accordance with your hardness and your [a]impenitent heart (A)you are [b]treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

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  1. Romans 2:5 unrepentant
  2. Romans 2:5 storing

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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22 For these are the days of vengeance, that (A)all things which are written may be fulfilled.

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22 For this is the time of punishment(A) in fulfillment(B) of all that has been written.

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Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

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18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans(A) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest(B) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,(C) nor the word from the prophets.(D) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues(E) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

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15 O Lord, (A)You know;
Remember me and [a]visit me,
And (B)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that (C)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.

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  1. Jeremiah 15:15 attend to

15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(A)
You are long-suffering(B)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(C)

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23 and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even (A)the year of their punishment.’ ”

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23 Not even a remnant(A) will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.(B)

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Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

18 Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. 19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (A)and let us cut him off from (B)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

20 But, O Lord of hosts,
You who judge righteously,
(C)Testing the [a]mind and the heart,
Let me see Your (D)vengeance on them,
For to You I have revealed my cause.

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  1. Jeremiah 11:20 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys

Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”
20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously(E)
    and test the heart(F) and mind,(G)
let me see your vengeance(H) on them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.

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12 Were they (A)ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

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12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(A) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(B)
says the Lord.(C)

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