Jeremiah 18:22

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Summary

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

A cry

For

Jeremiah 18:20

And hid

General references

Exodus 21:33

Bible References

A cry

My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.

O daughter of my people, gird yourself [with] sackcloth, and roll about in the ashes in mourning, a mourning ceremony [as for] an only child. Make for yourself wailing of bitterness, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

For hear, women, the word of Yahweh, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters a lamentation, and each woman her neighbor a lament.

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. And roll about in mourning [in the dust], O leaders of the flock. For your days of slaughter and your dispersions have arrived, and you will fall like a vessel of desire.

Thus says Yahweh: "Look, waters [are] rising from [the] north, and they will become as a raging torrent, and they will overflow [the] land, and that which fills it, [the] city and those who live in it. And the people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail,

[The] sound of a cry of distress [arises] from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.

Daughter of Gallim, cry out [with] your voice; Laishah, listen! {Anathoth is poor}.

[The] oracle of [the] valley of vision: {What business do you have going} up, all of you, to the roofs,

"And there shall be on that day"--a declaration of Yahweh-- "a {loud outcry} from the Fish Gate, and a wailing from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

For

Should good be repaid in place of evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember my standing {before you} to speak good for them, to avert your wrath from them.

And hid

For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can take our revenge on him."

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

to shoot from their hiding places [at the] blameless. Suddenly they shoot [at] him and do not fear.

[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah

Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.

General references

" 'If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and he does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,