18 Then they said, “Come and let us adevise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the blaw is not going to perish from the priest, nor ccounsel to the wise man, nor the divine dword to the prophet! Come on and let us estrike at him with our tongue, and let us fgive no heed to any of his words.”
19 Do give heed to me, O Yahweh,
And listen to the voice of those who contend against me!
20 aShould good be repaid with evil?
For they have bdug a pit for me.
Remember how I cstood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.
21 Therefore, agive their children over to famine
And deliver them up to the power of the sword;
And let their wives become bchildless and cwidowed.
Let their men also be smitten to death,
Their dyoung men struck down by the sword in battle.
22 May an aoutcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
bFor they have dug a pit to capture me
And chidden snares for my feet.
23 Yet You, O Yahweh, know
All their deadly counsel against me;
aDo not atone for their iniquity
Or blot out their sin from before You.
But may they be boverthrown before You;
Deal with them in the ctime of Your anger!