23 But You, Lord, know
All their [a]deadly schemes against me;
(A)Do not [b]forgive their wrongdoing
Or wipe out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be [c](B)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (C)time of Your anger!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit unto death
  2. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit cover over, atone for
  3. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit ones made to stumble

Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah

20 When Pashhur the priest, the son of (A)Immer, who was (B)chief overseer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet (C)beaten and put him in the (D)stocks that were at the upper (E)Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord. Then on the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has (F)called you, but rather [a](G)Magor-missabib.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:3 I.e., horror on every side

Jeremiah Is Spared

16 Then the officials and all the people (A)said to the priests and the prophets, “No (B)death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

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35 And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

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