Jeremiah 20:12

And, O YHWH of Hosts, trier of the righteous, || Beholder of reins and heart, || I see Your vengeance on them, || For I have revealed my cause to you.

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In The King James Version

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

In Context

11And YHWH [is] with me, as a mighty, awesome One, || Therefore my persecutors stumble and do not prevail, || They have been exceedingly ashamed, || For they have not acted wisely, || Continuous confusion is not forgotten.

13Sing to YHWH, praise YHWH, || For He has delivered the soul of the needy || From the hand of evildoers.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:22and Joash the king has not remembered the kindness that his father Jehoiada did with him, and slays his son, and in his death he said, “YHWH sees and requires.”

Psalms 11:5YHWH tries the righteous. And the wicked and the lover of violence, || His soul has hated,

Psalms 26:2Try me, O YHWH, and prove me, || My reins and my heart [are] purified,

Psalms 59:10God goes before me, || He causes me to look on my enemies.

Psalms 86:4Make glad the soul of Your servant, || For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart, || Try me, and know my thoughts,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:8-14

The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 7 O Lord , thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,… Read the whole commentary →

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