Jeremiah 17:18

¹⁶ But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

¹⁷ Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

¹⁹ This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

²⁰ Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
KJV: Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
WEB: Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
ASV: Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
DARBY: Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking.
BLB: Let them be confounded who pursue me, and do not let me be ashamed; let them be dismayed; let me not be dismayed! Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction!

ÅB: La mine forfølgere bli til skamme, og la ikke meg bli til skamme! La dem forferdes, og la ikke meg forferdes! La ulykkens dag komme over dem, og knus dem med dobbelt knusende slag!
OTB: La mine forfølgere bli gjort til skamme, men la meg ikke bli gjort til skamme; la dem bli forvirret, men la meg ikke bli forvirret. Bring over dem ulykkens dag; knus dem med dobbel ødeleggelse.
B1930: La mine forfølgere bli til skamme, og la ikke mig bli til skamme! La dem forferdes, og la ikke mig forferdes! La ulykkens dag komme over dem, og knus dem med dobbelt knusende slag!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
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Psalms 40:14
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
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Psalms 25:2–3
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
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Psalms 83:17–18
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
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Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
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Jeremiah 11:20
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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Psalms 35:8
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
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Jeremiah 16:18
And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
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