Jeremiah 18:18

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16 To make their land ^adesolate and a perpetual ^bhissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.

17 ^aI will¹ scatter them ^bas with an east wind before the enemy;
^cI will show them the back and not the face
In the day of their calamity.”

Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, ^a“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; ^bfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!

20 ^aShall evil be repaid for good?
For they have ^bdug a pit for my life.
Remember that I ^cstood before You
To speak good¹ for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.

21 Therefore ^adeliver up their children to the famine,
And pour out their blood
By the force of the sword;
Let their wives become widows
And ^bbereaved of their children.
Let their men be put to death,
Their young men be slain
By the sword in battle.

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Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 18:18

The Jews were only hardened by the foregoing prophecy, and determined to compass Jeremiah' s death.

Let us devise devices - i. e., "deliberately frame a plot" for his ruin (see Jeremiah 18:11 note).

The law shall not perish ... - As the Law of Moses was imperishable, the people probably drew the conclusion that the Levitical priesthood must also endure forever, and therefore that Jeremiah' s predictions of national ruin were blasphemous (compare Acts 6:13-14).

Let us smite him with the tongue - Their purpose was to carry a malicious report of what he had said to king Jehoiakim, and so stir up his anger against him.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 18:18:**

Psalms 35:15
Amos 2:12
Zechariah 11:8
Romans 4:3

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