Verse 18
Jeremiah 18:18
Literal Standard Version
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And they say, “Come, || And we devise schemes against Jeremiah, || For law does not perish from the priest, || Nor counsel from the wise, || Nor the word from the prophet, || Come, and we strike him with the tongue, || And we do not attend 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."
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Chapter 18 Context
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The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
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“Rise, and you have gone down to the potter’s house, and there I cause you to hear My words”;
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and I go down to the potter’s house, and behold, he is doing a work on the stones,
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and the vessel that he is making is marred, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he has turned and...
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And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“O house of Israel, am I not able to do to you as this potter?” A declaration of YHWH. “Behold, as c...
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The moment I speak concerning a nation, || And concerning a kingdom, || To pluck up and to break dow...
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And that nation has turned from its evil, || Because I have spoken against it, || Then I have relent...
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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 has done evil in My eyes, || So as not to listen to My voice, || Then I have relented of the...
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And now, speak now to men of Judah, || And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, || Thus said YH...
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And they have said, “It is incurable, || For we go after our own plans, || And each of us does the s...
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Therefore, thus said YHWH: “Now ask among the nations, || Who has heard such things? The virgin of I...
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Does snow of Lebanon || Cease from the rock of the field? Will the cold strange waters that are flow...
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But My people have forgotten Me, they make incense to a vain thing, || And they cause them to stumbl...
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To make their land become a desolation, || A continuous hissing, || Everyone passing by it is astoni...
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I scatter them before an enemy as with an east wind, || I show them the neck and not the face, || In...
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And they say, “Come, || And we devise schemes against Jeremiah, || For law does not perish from the...
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Give attention, O YHWH, to me, || And listen to the voice of those contending with me.
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Is evil repaid instead of good, || That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before...
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Therefore, give up their sons to famine, || And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, || And...
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A cry is heard from their houses, || For You suddenly bring a troop against them, || For they dug a...
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And You, O YHWH, You have known, || All their counsel against me is for death, || You do not cover o...
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