Jeremiah 18:18-23

New King James Version

Jeremiah Persecuted

¹⁸Then 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.”

¹⁹Give heed to me, O Lord,
And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!
²⁰^(C)Shall evil be repaid for good?
For they have ^(D)dug a pit for my life.
Remember that I ^(E)stood before You
To speak good ^[a]for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.
²¹Therefore ^(F)deliver up their children to the famine,
And pour out their blood
By the force of the sword;
Let their wives become widows
And ^(G)bereaved of their children.
Let their men be put to death,
Their young men be slain
By the sword in battle.
²²Let a cry be heard from their houses,
When You bring a troop suddenly upon them;
For they have dug a pit to take me,
And hidden snares for my feet.
²³Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
^(H)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 ^(I)anger.