Jeremiah 18:18

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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

So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds.”’

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no more.”

Though they

intended evil against You

And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He devises wicked schemes
To destroy the afflicted with slander,

Even though the needy one speaks what is right.

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!

When morning comes, they do it,

For it is in the power of their hands.

For the

then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with drunkenness!

Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

One of the

lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.”

The Pharisees then answered them, “You have not also been led astray, have you?

Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

Counsel

Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Come and let us smite

Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, “A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied against this city as you have heard in your hearing.”

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

And let us not

They have lied about the Lord
And said, “

Not He;

Misfortune will not come on us,
And we will not see sword or famine.

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’;

But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.

General references

and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,