Jeremiah 18:23
But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
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Psalms 35:4Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
Psalms 56:8\56:7\By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
Psalms 69:22\69:21\They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
Isaiah 2:9And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
Jeremiah 8:12Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 11:23Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.
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 →