Jeremiah 18:20

Jeremiah 18:20

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.

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:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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In the particulars here specified, Jeremiah was a type of Jesus Christ (Psalms 109:4-5; John 15:25).

my soul—my life; me (Psalms 35:7).

I stood before thee . . . to turn away thy wrath—so Moses (Psalms 106:23; compare Ezekiel 22:30). So Jesus Christ, the antitype of previous partial intercessors (Isaiah 59:16).

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