21 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (A)Anathoth who seek your life, saying, (B)‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand’—

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16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
(A)Because of the enemy and the avenger.

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For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah

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10 For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life (A)take counsel together,

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Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:10 slandering

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