16 To make their land adesolate and a perpetual bhissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses,
When You bring a troop suddenly upon them;
For they have dug a pit to take me,
And hidden snares for my feet.
When You bring a troop suddenly upon them;
For they have dug a pit to take me,
And hidden snares for my feet.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Book Notes:
Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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