Jeremiah 18:19-23
English Standard Version
19 Hear me, O Lord,
and (A)listen to the voice of my adversaries.
20 (B)Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet (C)they have dug a pit for my life.
(D)Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Therefore (E)deliver up their children to famine;
give them over to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless (F)and widowed.
May their men meet death by pestilence,
their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.
22 (G)May a cry be heard from their houses,
when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them!
For (H)they have dug a pit to take me
(I)and laid snares for my feet.
23 Yet (J)you, O Lord, know
all their plotting to kill me.
(K)Forgive not their iniquity,
nor blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
deal with them in the time of your anger.
Jeremiah 18:19-23
Christian Standard Bible
19 Pay attention to me, Lord.
Hear what my opponents are saying!(A)
20 Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.(B)
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn your anger from them.
21 Therefore, hand their children over to famine,(C)
and give them over to the power of the sword.
Let their wives become childless and widowed,
their husbands slain by deadly disease,[a]
their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses
when you suddenly bring raiders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.(D)
23 But you, Lord, know
all their deadly plots against me.
Do not wipe out their iniquity;(E)
do not blot out their sin before you.
Let them be forced to stumble before you;
deal with them in the time of your anger.
Footnotes
- 18:21 Lit by death
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