Jeremiah 18:19–20
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18:19Then I said,35
“Lord, pay attention to me.
Listen to what my enemies are saying.36
18:20Should good be paid back with evil?
Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me.37
Just remember how I stood before you
pleading on their behalf38
to keep you from venting your anger on them.39
Footnotes
- 35 The words “Then I said” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show that Jeremiah turns from description of the peoples’ plots to his address to God to deal with the plotters.
- 36 Heb “the voice of my adversaries.” Jeremiah’s prayers against the unjust treatment of his enemies here and elsewhere (see 11:18–20; 12:1–4; 15:15–18; 17:14–18) have many of the elements of the prayers of the innocent in the book of Psalms: an invocation of the Lord as just judge, a lament about unjust attacks, an appeal to innocence, and a cry for vindication which often calls for the Lord to pay back in kind those who unjustly attack the petitioner. See for examples Pss 5, 7, 17, 54 among many others.
- 37 Or “They are plotting to kill me”; Heb “They have dug a pit for my soul.” This is a common metaphor for plotting against someone. See 500 כָּרָה Qal and for an example see Pss 7:16 (7:15 ) in its context.
- 38 Heb “to speak good concerning them” going back to the concept of “good” being paid back with evil.
- 39 Heb “to turn back your anger from them.” See Jer 14:7–9, 19–21 and 15:1–4 for the idea.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Hear me, O Lord,
and listen to the voice of my adversaries.
Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Listen to me, Lord;
hear what my accusers are saying!
Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember that I stood before you
and spoke in their behalf
to turn your wrath away from them.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Pay attention to me, Lord.
Hear what my opponents are saying!
Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn your anger from them.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Lord, hear me and help me!
Listen to what my enemies are saying.
Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Listen attentively to me, O Yahweh,
and listen to the voice of my opponents.
Should good be repaid in place of evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember my standing before you to speak good for them,
to avert your wrath from them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 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.
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