18 Then they said, “Come and let’s (A)devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the (B)Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor (C)advice by the wise, nor the divine (D)word by the prophet! Come, and let’s (E)strike at him with our tongue, and let’s (F)pay no attention to any of his words.”

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Jeremiah’s Imprecatory Prayer

18 Then they said, “Come and let us plan plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not be lost from the priest, nor advice from the wise man, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us bring charges against him,[a] and let us not listen attentively to any of his words.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:18 Literally “let us strike him with the tongue”