Jeremiah 18:19
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.
Nehemiah 6:9For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:
Psalms 56:1Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar ) when the Philistines held him in Geth.
Psalms 64:2Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee : deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
Psalms 109:28They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
Micah 7:8Rejoice not, thou, my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
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 →