Verse 20
Jeremiah 18:20
New King James Version
20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,
and
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
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 thee to hear my words.
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3
Then 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 of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again anothe...
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5
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay
is in th...
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7
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pul...
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8
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that...
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9
And
at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to pla...
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10
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I sa...
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11
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus sa...
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12
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do th...
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13
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin...
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14
Will
a man leave the snow of Lebanon
which cometh
from the rock of the field?
or shall the cold flo...
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15
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them t...
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16
To make their land desolate,
and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astoni...
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17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the fa...
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18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from...
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19
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
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20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood be...
21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their
blood by the force of the swor...
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22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they hav...
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23
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay
me:
forgive not their iniquity, neithe...
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