Jeremiah 18:19-23
Legacy Standard Bible
19 Do give heed to me, O Yahweh,
And listen to the voice of those who contend against me!
20 (A)Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have (B)dug a pit for [a]me.
Remember how I (C)stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.
21 Therefore, (D)give their children over to famine
And deliver them up to the [b]power of the sword;
And let their wives become (E)childless and (F)widowed.
Let their men also be [c]smitten to death,
Their (G)young men struck down by the sword in battle.
22 May an (H)outcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
(I)For they have dug a pit to capture me
And (J)hidden snares for my feet.
23 Yet You, O Yahweh, know
All their [d]deadly counsel against me;
(K)Do not atone for their iniquity
Or blot out their sin from before You.
But may they be [e](L)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (M)time of Your anger!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:20 Lit my soul
- Jeremiah 18:21 Lit hands of
- Jeremiah 18:21 Lit killed
- Jeremiah 18:23 Lit unto death
- Jeremiah 18:23 Lit ones made to stumble
Jeremiah 18:19-23
Holman 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 pour the sword’s power on them.
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 guilt;(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
- Jeremiah 18:21 Lit by death
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