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
Revised Standard Version
19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
and hearken to my plea.[a]
20 Is evil a recompense for good?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before thee
to speak good for them,
to turn away thy wrath from them.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to famine;
give them over to the power of the sword,
let their wives become childless and widowed.
May their men meet death by pestilence,
their youths be slain by the sword in battle.
22 May a cry be heard from their houses,
when thou bringest the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to take me,
and laid snares for my feet.
23 Yet, thou, O Lord, knowest
all their plotting to slay me.
Forgive not their iniquity,
nor blot out their sin from thy sight.
Let them be overthrown before thee;
deal with them in the time of thine anger.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:19 Gk Compare Syr Tg: Heb my adversaries
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