20 Therefore, behold, I am going to gather you to your fathers, and (A)you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not look at all the devastation that I am going to bring on this place.’” So they brought back word to the king.

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20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace.(A) Your eyes(B) will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’”

So they took her answer back to the king.

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20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

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11 But (A)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And (B)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you (C)suddenly.

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11 Disaster(A) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly(B) come upon you.

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11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

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11 So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am (A)forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now (B)turn back, each of you from his evil way, and [a]correct your ways and your deeds!”’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:11 Lit make good

11 “Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster(A) for you and devising a plan(B) against you. So turn(C) from your evil ways,(D) each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’(E)

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11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

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