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Jeremiah 18:18-23
New International Version
Jeremiah 18:18-23
New International Version
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.”
19 Listen to me, Lord;
hear what my accusers(F) are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?(G)
Yet they have dug a pit(H) for me.
Remember that I stood(I) before you
and spoke in their behalf(J)
to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;(K)
hand them over to the power of the sword.(L)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(M)
let their men be put to death,
their young men(N) slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry(O) be heard from their houses
when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit(P) to capture me
and have hidden snares(Q) for my feet.
23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill(R) me.
Do not forgive(S) 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.(T)
Jeremiah 18:18-23
King James Version
Jeremiah 18:18-23
King James Version
18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
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