In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee,'saying , Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

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The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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The wicked, etc

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

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His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

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