Jeremiah 18:22

²⁰ 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.

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.

²³ But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
WEB: Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
ASV: Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
DARBY: Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and have hidden snares for my feet.
BLB: Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring upon them raiders suddenly! For they have dug a pit to capture me, and snares they have hidden for my feet.

ÅB: La skrik bli hørt fra deres hus, når du lar en fiendeskare komme brått over dem! For de har gravd en grav for å fange meg og lagt skjulte snarer for mine føtter.
OTB: La et rop høres fra deres hus når Du plutselig bringer plyndrere over dem; for de har gravd en grop for å fange meg og har skjult snarer for mine føtter.
B1930: La skrik bli hørt fra deres hus, når du lar en fiendeskare komme brått over dem! For de har gravd en grav for å fange mig og lagt skjulte snarer for mine føtter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
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Psalms 140:5
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
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Zephaniah 1:10–11
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
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Jeremiah 25:34–36
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
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Isaiah 10:30
Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
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Zephaniah 1:16
a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
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Psalms 56:5–7
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
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Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
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