Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of those who contend with me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham yet stood before LORD.
Job 6:27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hid their net for me [in] a pit. Without cause have they dug [a pit] for my soul.
Psalms 38:20They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy.
Psalms 109:5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:19-23
Conduct of Persecutors; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 600.) 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. 19 Give heed to me, O Lord , and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before… Read the whole commentary →