Jeremiah 18:19-23
New American Standard Bible
19 Give 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.
21 Therefore, (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.
22 May 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.
23 But 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!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:19 Lit the voice of my opponents
- Jeremiah 18:20 Lit my soul
- Jeremiah 18:21 Lit hands of
- Jeremiah 18:23 Lit unto death
- Jeremiah 18:23 Lit cover over, atone for
- Jeremiah 18:23 Lit ones made to stumble
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.
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