The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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

Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.

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

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

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

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

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

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

And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee; they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;

then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not 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 become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not 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 that 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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