Jeremiah 18:23

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Summary

Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Thou

Forgive

In the

Romans 2:5

Bible References

Thou

Then they said, "Come and let us plan plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not be lost from [the] priest, nor advice from [the] wise man, nor [the] word from [the] prophet. Come and {let us bring charges against him}, and let us not listen attentively to any of his words."

Moreover, Yahweh let [it be] made known to me, and I knew. Then you showed me their deeds.

You who know, Yahweh, remember me, and attend to me, and take revenge for me against my persecutors {in your forbearance}. You must take me away. Know [that] I [am] carrying disgrace because of you.

[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Forgive

Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn on their head and give them over to plunder in the land of captivity.

Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

Let their table before them be a trap, and their [times of] peace a snare.

Let the iniquity of his ancestors be remembered before Yahweh, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out.

So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them.

In the

Were they ashamed, for they had committed a detestable thing? What's worse, they were not ashamed at all, and they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall; at the time of their punishment they will stumble," says Yahweh.

And a remnant will not be [left] for them, for I will bring disaster to the people of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."

And what will you do at [the] day of punishment, and at calamity? It comes from afar! To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth,

because these are days of vengeance, [so that] all the things that are written can be fulfilled.

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,