Jeremiah 18:23
But you, O Lord, know all their plans against me unto death. May you not forgive their iniquity, and do not allow their sin be taken away from your face. Let them be thrown down in your sight, in the time of your fury, so that you may destroy them.
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Psalms 35:4The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He is unwilling to understand, so that he may act well.
Psalms 56:8My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm.
Isaiah 2:9And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should not forgive them.
Jeremiah 8:12They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 11:23And there will be nothing left of them. For I will lead an evil over the men of Anathoth: the year of their visitation.”
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 →