Verse 20
Jeremiah 18:20
Darby Translation
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Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away 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 came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
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Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
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And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
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And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again ano...
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And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
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House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the pott...
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At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break d...
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if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil...
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And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,
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if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewi...
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And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah:...
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But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do [acc...
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Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, Who hath heard such things? The virgin o...
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Shall the snow of Lebanon cease from the rock of the field? Shall the cool flowing waters coming fro...
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For my people hath forgotten me: they burn incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble i...
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to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonish...
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As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the fa...
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And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the p...
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Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
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Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood bef...
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Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and...
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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they hav...
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And thou, Jehovah, knowest all their counsel against me to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, neit...
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