Jeremiah 18:18

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Summary

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.

Come

Micah 2:1

For the

Counsel

2 Samuel 15:31

2 Samuel 17:14

Job 5:13

Come and let us smite

Proverbs 18:21

And let us not

Jeremiah 5:12

Jeremiah 43:2

Jeremiah 44:17

General references

Leviticus 10:11

Ezekiel 11:2

Bible References

Come

And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I prepare evil against you, and devise a device against you: turn ye then every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

And I was like a tame lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

For the

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings that sit for David upon his throne, and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.

The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?

And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?

Counsel

And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

Come and let us smite

And the priests and the prophets spoke unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

And let us not

They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;

then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there;

but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.

General references

and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city: