Verse 22
Jeremiah 18:22
World English Bible, British Edition
22
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.
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
1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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2
“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you
to hear my words.”
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3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making
something on the wheels.
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When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the
potter, he made it again anot...
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5
Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD.
“Behold, as the clay in the po...
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7
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,
to pluck up and to break down...
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if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil,
I will repent of the evil tha...
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9
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,
to build and to plant it,
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10
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice,
then I will repent of the go...
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11
“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD sa...
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12
But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans,
and we will each follow the stub...
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13
Therefore the LORD says:
“Ask now amongst the nations,
‘Who has heard such things?’
The virgin of Is...
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14
Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?
Will the cold waters that flow down from a...
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15
For my people have forgotten me.
They have burnt incense to false gods.
They have been made to stumb...
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16
to make their land an astonishment,
and a perpetual hissing.
Everyone who passes by it will be aston...
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17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy.
I will show them the back, and not the fa...
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18
Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah;
for the law won’t perish from the priest...
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19
Give heed to me, LORD,
and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
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20
Should evil be recompensed for good?
For they have dug a pit for my soul.
Remember how I stood befor...
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21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
and give them over to the power of the sword.
Let...
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22
Let a cry be heard from their houses
when you bring a troop suddenly on them;
for they have dug a pi...
23
Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me.
Don’t forgive their iniquity.
Don’t blo...
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