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Jeremiah 18:19-23
New International Reader's Version
Jeremiah 18:19-23
New International Reader's Version
19 Lord, please listen to me!
Hear what my enemies are saying about me!
20 Should the good things I’ve done be paid back with evil?
But my enemies have dug a pit for me.
Remember that I stood in front of you
and spoke up for them.
I tried to turn your anger away from them.
21 So let their children die of hunger.
Let my enemies be killed in war.
Let their wives lose their children and husbands.
Let their men be put to death.
Let their young men be killed in battle.
22 Bring their enemies against them without warning.
Let cries be heard from their houses.
They have dug a pit to capture me.
They have hidden traps for my feet.
23 But Lord, you know
all about their plans to kill me.
Don’t forgive their crimes.
Don’t erase their sins from your sight.
Destroy my enemies.
Punish them when the time to show your anger comes.
Jeremiah 18:19-23
New International Version
Jeremiah 18:19-23
New International Version
19 Listen to me, Lord;
hear what my accusers(A) are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?(B)
Yet they have dug a pit(C) for me.
Remember that I stood(D) before you
and spoke in their behalf(E)
to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;(F)
hand them over to the power of the sword.(G)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(H)
let their men be put to death,
their young men(I) slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry(J) be heard from their houses
when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit(K) to capture me
and have hidden snares(L) for my feet.
23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill(M) me.
Do not forgive(N) 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.(O)
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