Jeremiah 18:19-23

The Voice

¹⁹ Jeremiah: O Eternal my God, please listen to me.
        Do You hear what my enemies are saying?
²⁰     Should good be repaid with such evil?
        They have set a trap for me.
    Remember how I stood before You in prayer,
        begging You to do them good,
    Pleading for You to turn Your anger away from them,
        and this is how they repay me!
²¹     Well then. Let their children starve!
        Let their young warriors fall in battle!
    Let their wives become childless widows!
        Let their husbands be struck down and killed
        and their young men die in battle!
²²     Let them scream from their houses
        when You suddenly release the attackers on them.
    Why? Because they have set a trap for me;
        they have hidden snares along the way to trip me up.
²³     Yet, You knew this already, Eternal.
        You know of their plans to kill me.
    That’s why I am asking You not to forgive them,
        not to forget their sins or erase their crimes from Your sight.
    Let them be overthrown and killed before Your eyes.
        Deal with them while Your anger is still hot.