Verse 22
Jeremiah 18:22
Bible in Basic English
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Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִ/בָּ֣תֵּי/הֶ֔ם כִּֽי תָבִ֧יא עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם גְּד֖וּד פִּתְאֹ֑ם כִּֽי כָר֤וּ שיחה שׁוּחָה֙ לְ/לָכְדֵ֔/נִי וּ/פַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְ/רַגְלָֽ/י
English Translation
A cry will be heard from their houses, for a sudden troop will come upon them, for they have dug a pit to catch me, and they have hidden snares for my feet.
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Chapter 18 Context
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
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Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.
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And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he ma...
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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the po...
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Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destructi...
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If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose...
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And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;
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If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, whi...
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Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: S...
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But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what...
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So this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such th...
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Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains...
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For my people have put me out of their memory, burning perfumes to that which is nothing; and becaus...
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Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will...
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I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back a...
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Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from...
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Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
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Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I too...
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For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; an...
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Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they h...
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But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their...
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