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Jeremiah 18:21
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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. 
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.
23 Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
aProvide no atonement for their iniquity,
Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
But let them be overthrown before You.
Deal thus with them
In the time of Your banger. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore deliver up their children - The execrations in these verses should be considered as simply prophetic declarations of the judgments which God was about to pour out on them.

If we consider them in their grammatical meaning, then they are not directions to us to whom our Lawgiver has said, "Love your enemies."




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Jeremiah 18:21:

Jeremiah 15:2

 

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