Jeremiah 18:20
Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life,—Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19Give thou ear O Yahweh unto me,—And hearken unto the voice of mine accusers.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men turned from thence, and went their way, towards Sodom,—but, Yahweh was yet standing before Abraham.
Job 6:27Surely, the fatherless, ye would assail, and make merchandise of your friend!
Psalms 35:7For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net,—Without cause, have they digged [a pit] for my life.
Psalms 38:20Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
Psalms 106:23Then would he have bidden to destroy them,—had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.
Psalms 109:5Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for 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 →