Jeremiah 18 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Then the word ^H1697 of Yahweh ^H3068 came ^H1961 to me saying ^H559,

“Therefore ^H3651 thus ^H3541 says ^H559 Yahweh ^H3068,

‘Ask ^H7592 now ^H4994 among the nations ^H1471,

Who ^H4310 ever heard ^H8085 the like of [fn]this ^H428?

The virgin ^H1330 of Israel ^H3478

Has done ^H6213 a most ^H3966 appalling ^H8186 thing ^H8186.

‘Does the snow ^H7950 of Lebanon ^H3844 forsake ^H5800 the rock ^H6697 of the open country ^H7704?

Or ^H518 is the cold ^H7119 flowing ^H5140 water ^H4325 from a strange ^H2114 land ever uprooted ^H5428?

‘For My people ^H5971 have forgotten ^H7911 Me;

They burn ^H6999 incense ^H6999 [fn]to worthless ^H7723 gods,

And they [fn]have stumbled ^H3782 [fn]from their ways ^H1870,

[fn]From the ancient ^H5769 paths ^H7635,

To walk ^H1980 in bypaths ^H5410,

Not on a highway ^H1870 H5549,

To make ^H7760 their land ^H776 an object ^H8047 of horror ^H8047,

An object of perpetual ^H5769 hissing ^H8292;

Everyone ^H3605 who passes ^H5674 by it will be ^H8074 [fn]horrified ^H8074

And shake ^H5110 his head ^H7218.

‘Like an east ^H6921 wind ^H7307 I will scatter ^H6327 them

Before ^H6440 the enemy ^H340;

I will [fn]show ^H7200 them My back ^H6203 and not My face ^H6440

In the day ^H3117 of their disaster ^H343.’”

Then they said ^H559, “Come ^H1980 and let us devise ^H2803 plans ^H4284 against ^H5921 Jeremiah ^H3414. Surely ^H3588 the law ^H8451 is not going to perish ^H6 from the priest ^H3548, nor ^H3808 counsel ^H6098 to the wise ^H2450 man, nor ^H3808 the divine word ^H1697 to the prophet ^H5030! Come ^H1980 on and let us strike ^H5221 at him with our tongue ^H3956, and let us give ^H7181 no ^H408 heed ^H7181 to any ^H3605 of his words ^H1697.”

Do give ^H7181 heed ^H7181 to me, O Yahweh ^H3068,

And listen ^H8085 to the voice ^H6963 of those who contend ^H3401 against me ^H6963!

Should good ^H2896 be repaid ^H7999 with evil ^H7451?

For they have dug ^H3738 a pit ^H7745 for [fn]me.

Remember ^H2142 how I stood ^H5975 before ^H6440 You

To speak ^H1696 good ^H2896 on ^H5921 their behalf ^H5921,

So as to turn ^H7725 away ^H7725 Your wrath ^H2534 from them.

Therefore ^H3651, give ^H5414 their children ^H1121 over to famine ^H7458

And deliver ^H5064 them up to the [fn]power ^H3027 of the sword ^H2719;

And let their wives ^H802 become ^H1961 childless ^H7909 and widowed ^H490.

Let their men ^H376 also be [fn]smitten ^H2026 to death ^H4194,

Their young ^H970 men ^H970 struck ^H5221 down ^H5221 by the sword ^H2719 in battle ^H4421.

May an outcry ^H2201 be heard ^H8085 from their houses ^H1004,

When ^H3588 You suddenly ^H6597 bring ^H935 raiders ^H1416 upon them;

For they have dug ^H3738 a pit ^H7745 to capture ^H3920 me

And hidden ^H2934 snares ^H6341 for my feet ^H7272.

Yet You, O Yahweh ^H3068, know ^H3045

All ^H3605 their [fn]deadly ^H4194 counsel ^H6098 against ^H5921 me;

Do not atone ^H3722 for their iniquity ^H5771

Or blot ^H4229 out ^H4229 their sin ^H2403 from before ^H6440 You.

But may they be [fn]overthrown ^H3782 before ^H6440 You;

Deal ^H6213 with them in the time ^H6256 of Your anger ^H639!