18 Then they said, “Come and let us adevise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the blaw is not going to be lost to the priest, nor ccounsel to the sage, nor the divine dword to the prophet! Come on and let us estrike at him with our tongue, and let us fgive no heed to any of his words.”

19 Do give heed to me, O Lord,

And listen to 1what my opponents are saying!

20 aShould good be repaid with evil?

For they have bdug a pit for 1me.

Remember how I cstood before You

To speak good on their behalf,

So as to turn away Your wrath from them.

21 Therefore, agive their children over to famine

And deliver them up to the 1power of the sword;

And let their wives become bchildless and cwidowed.

Let their men also be smitten to death,

Their dyoung men struck down by the sword in battle.

22 May an aoutcry be heard from their houses,

When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;

bFor they have dug a pit to capture me

And chidden snares for my feet.

23 Yet You, O Lord, know

All their 1deadly designs against me;

aDo not 2forgive their iniquity

Or blot out their sin from Your sight.

But may they be 3boverthrown before You;

Deal with them in the ctime of Your anger!