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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:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 18:21

pour out their blood by the force of the sword—literally, "by the hands of the sword." So Ezekiel 35:5. MAURER with JEROME translates, "deliver them over to the power of the sword." But compare Psalms 63:10, Margin; Isaiah 53:12. In this prayer he does not indulge in personal revenge, as if it were his own cause that was at stake; but he speaks under the dictation of the Spirit, ceasing to intercede, and speaking prophetically, knowing they were doomed to destruction as reprobates; for those not so, he doubtless ceased not to intercede. We are not to draw an example from this, which is a special case.

put to death—or, as in Jeremiah 15:2, "perish by the death plague" [MAURER].

men . . . young men—HORSLEY distinguishes the former as married men past middle age; the latter, the flower of unmarried youth.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 18:21:

Job 27:14
Isaiah 9:17
Jeremiah 15:2
Jeremiah 28:8
Ezekiel 35:5

 

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