Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed instead of good, that they have dug a pit for my life? Remember my standing before thee to speak good concerning them, to cause thy wrath to turn away from them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
19Listen to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of those that contend with me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
Job 6:27Yea, ye would cast any thing upon the fatherless, and ye would dig a pit against your friend.
Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.
Psalms 38:20(38:21) They also that repay [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.
Psalms 106:23He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy.
Psalms 109:5And they impose evil on me in recompense for good, and hatred in lieu of 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 →