Verse 18
Jeremiah 18:18
American Standard Version
18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ לְכ֨וּ וְ/נַחְשְׁבָ֣ה עַֽל יִרְמְיָהוּ֮ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת֒ כִּי֩ לֹא תֹאבַ֨ד תּוֹרָ֜ה מִ/כֹּהֵ֗ן וְ/עֵצָה֙ מֵֽ/חָכָ֔ם וְ/דָבָ֖ר מִ/נָּבִ֑יא לְכוּ֙ וְ/נַכֵּ֣/הוּ בַ/לָּשׁ֔וֹן וְ/אַל נַקְשִׁ֖יבָה אֶל כָּל דְּבָרָֽי/ו
English Translation
And they said, "Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah, for the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 18 Context
1
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
Focus ↗
2
Arise, and go down to the potter`s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Focus ↗
3
Then I went down to the potter`s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
Focus ↗
4
And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again...
Focus ↗
5
Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Focus ↗
6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the po...
Focus ↗
7
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to brea...
Focus ↗
8
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that...
Focus ↗
9
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to pla...
Focus ↗
10
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the go...
Focus ↗
11
Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Je...
Focus ↗
12
But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after...
Focus ↗
13
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin o...
Focus ↗
14
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down...
Focus ↗
15
For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made t...
Focus ↗
16
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be...
Focus ↗
17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the fa...
Focus ↗
18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from...
19
Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Focus ↗
20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood bef...
Focus ↗
21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and...
Focus ↗
22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they hav...
Focus ↗
23
Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neit...
Focus ↗