Jeremiah 18:19
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
- KJV
- Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
- WEB
- Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
- ASV
- Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
- DARBY
- Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
- BLB
- Pay attention, O YHWH, to me, and listen to the voice of my opponents!
- ÅB
- Akt på meg, Herre, og hør hvordan de strider mot meg!
- OTB
- Hør meg, Herre, og lytt til hva mine motstandere sier!
- B1930
- Akt på mig, Herre, og hør hvorledes de strider mot mig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 6:9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Read in contextPsalms 55:16–17
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Read in contextMicah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Read in contextPsalms 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:12
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Read in context2 Kings 19:16
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Read in contextLuke 6:11–12
And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
Read in contextPsalms 109:4
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
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