Jeremiah 18:20

Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

In Context

19Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.

21Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

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Cross References

Genesis 18:22and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.

Job 6:27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Psalms 38:20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

Psalms 106:23And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

Psalms 109:5And they set against 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 →

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