Jeremiah 18:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 every man of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath the LORD said: Behold, I ordain evil against you and devise plans against you; return ye now each one from his evil way, and better your ways and your doings.

But I was like a ram or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; for I did not understand that they had devised devices 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 may no longer be remembered.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail.

Certainly the greedy use evil measures: he devises wicked devices to ensnare the simple with lying words and to speak in judgment against the poor.

Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.

For the

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus hath the LORD said, Behold, I fill all the inhabitants of this land with drunken ness, even the kings that sit upon David's throne and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I did not send them, neither have I commanded them, neither did I speak unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, divination, vanity, and the deceit of their heart.

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

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

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

For the priest's lips keep wisdom, and they seek the law at his mouth; for he is an angel of the LORD of the hosts.

Then one of the lawyers answered and said unto him, Master, saying these things, thou dost reproach us also.

Then the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?

And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words and said unto him, Are we blind also?

Counsel

And it was told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into folly.

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 given orders to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

He takes the wise in their own prudence, and the counsel of his adversaries is turned to folly.

Come and let us smite

Then the priests and the prophets spoke unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; 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, and I lie even among those that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword.

Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words

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

And let us not

They have denied the LORD and said, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us; neither 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 unto Jeremiah, Thou dost speak falsely; the LORD our God has not sent thee to say, Do not go into Egypt to sojourn there:

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goes forth out of our own mouth to burn incense unto the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto 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; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

General references

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

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