Jeremiah 18:19-23
Lexham English Bible
19 Listen attentively to me, O Yahweh,
and listen to the voice of my opponents.
20 Should good be repaid in place of evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember my standing before you[a] to speak good for them,
to avert your wrath from them.
21 Therefore[b] give their children to the famine,
and hand them over to the power[c] of the sword,
and let their wives be bereaved and widows,
and let their men be killed by death,
their young men struck dead
by the sword in the battle.
22 Let a cry for help be heard from their houses
when you suddenly bring upon them the raiding band,
for they have dug a pit to catch me,
and they have fixed secretly a trap for my feet.
23 But you, O Yahweh, you know
all their plans of assassination against me.[d]
You must not make atonement for their iniquity,
and you must not cause their sin to be blotted out from before you.[e]
But let them be overthrown before you.[f]
Deal with them in the time of your anger.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:20 Literally “to the face of you”
- Jeremiah 18:21 Literally “To thus”
- Jeremiah 18:21 Literally “hand”
- Jeremiah 18:23 Literally “all of their plan against me to the death”
- Jeremiah 18:23 Literally “to the face of you”
- Jeremiah 18:23 Literally “to the face of you”
Jeremiah 18:19-23
New Living Translation
19 Lord, hear me and help me!
Listen to what my enemies are saying.
20 Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
21 So let their children starve!
Let them die by the sword!
Let their wives become childless widows.
Let their old men die in a plague,
and let their young men be killed in battle!
22 Let screaming be heard from their homes
as warriors come suddenly upon them.
For they have dug a pit for me
and have hidden traps along my path.
23 Lord, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
Don’t forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
Deal with them in your anger.
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