Jeremiah 18:22

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.

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.

²³ Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine 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.

Compare

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, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
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The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
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Zephaniah 1:10–11
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
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Jeremiah 25:34–36
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
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Isaiah 10:30
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
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Zephaniah 1:16
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
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Psalms 56:5–7
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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Matthew 22:15
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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