Verse 20
Jeremiah 18:20
Young's Literal Translation
20
Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/יְשֻׁלַּ֤ם תַּֽחַת טוֹבָה֙ רָעָ֔ה כִּֽי כָר֥וּ שׁוּחָ֖ה לְ/נַפְשִׁ֑/י זְכֹ֣ר עָמְדִ֣/י לְ/פָנֶ֗י/ךָ לְ/דַבֵּ֤ר עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ טוֹבָ֔ה לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב אֶת חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ מֵ/הֶֽם
English Translation
Will the payment be made for good by evil, because a pit has been dug for my soul? Remember I stood before you to speak good concerning them, to turn away your wrath from them.
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Chapter 18 Context
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The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
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Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
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and I go down [to] the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,
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and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned an...
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And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:
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As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay...
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The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and...
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And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of...
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And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,
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And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented...
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And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus s...
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And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness o...
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Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very...
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Doth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow?
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But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble i...
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To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And...
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As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day...
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And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest,...
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Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.
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Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing befo...
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Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their...
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A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pi...
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And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me [is] for death, Thou dost not cov...
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