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

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you. Return ye now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. And I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it. And let us cut him off from the land of the living, that hi

For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

And the instruments of the churl are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

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

For the

Then thou shall say to them, Thus says LORD: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkennes

Then LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I did not send them, nor have I commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of naught, and the deceit of the

Thus speaks LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou have sent letters in thine own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

and that ye may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which LORD has spoken to them by Moses.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?

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

And having answered, a certain man of the lawyers says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou rebuke us also.

The Pharisees therefore answered them, Have ye not also been led astray?

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

Counsel

And it was told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, 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. For LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that LORD might bring evil upon A

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Come and let us smite

Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the rulers and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

And let us not

They have denied LORD, and said, It is not he. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine.

then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, spoke, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speak falsely. LORD our God has not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there.

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our rulers, in the ci

General references

and that ye may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which LORD has spoken to them by Moses.

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