Jeremiah 18:19-23

New International Version

¹⁹Listen to me, Lord;
    hear what my accusers^(A) are saying!
²⁰Should 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.
²¹So 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.
²²Let 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.
²³But 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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Jeremiah 18:19-23

New American Standard Bible

¹⁹Give Your attention to me, Lord,
And listen to ^[a]what my opponents are saying!
²⁰^(A)Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have ^(B)dug a pit for ^[b]me.
Remember how I ^(C)stood before You
To speak good in their behalf,
So as to turn Your wrath away from them.
²¹Therefore, ^(D)give their children over to famine
And turn them over to the ^[c]power of the sword;
And let their wives become ^(E)childless and ^(F)widowed.
Let their men also be slaughtered to death,
Their ^(G)young men struck and killed by the sword in battle.
²²May a ^(H)cry 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.
²³But You, Lord, know
All their ^[d]deadly schemes against me;
^(K)Do not ^[e]forgive their wrongdoing
Or wipe out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be ^[f]^(L)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the ^(M)time of Your anger!