Jeremiah 18:20

Prayer Integrity

¹⁸ Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

¹⁹ Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

²¹ Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

²² Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
ASV: Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
DARBY: Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
BLB: Shall evil be repaid for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

ÅB: Skal en gjengjelde godt med ondt? For de har gravd en grav for mitt liv. Kom i hu at jeg sto for ditt åsyn og talte godt for dem for å vende din vrede bort fra dem!
OTB: Skal godt gjengjeldes med ondt? For de har gravd en grop for meg. Husk hvordan jeg sto foran Deg for å tale på deres vegne, for å vende Din vrede bort fra dem.
B1930: Skal en gjengjelde godt med ondt? For de har gravd en grav for mitt liv. Kom i hu at jeg stod for ditt åsyn og talte godt for dem for å vende din vrede bort fra dem!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 35:7
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
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Psalms 57:6
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
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Psalms 106:23
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
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Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
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1 Samuel 24:17–19
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
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Psalms 109:4–5
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
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Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
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