EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Jeremiah 18:19
19‘Please listen to me, Lord! Hear what my enemies are saying against me.
Jeremiah 18:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
- New International Version (NIV)Listen to me, Lord; hear what my accusers are saying!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear me, O Lord, and listen to the voice of my adversaries.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Give heed to me, O Lord, And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!
Context of Jeremiah 18:19
17I will send enemies to attack them. They will chase my people away, like an east wind that blows away dust. I will turn away from them when that day of great trouble arrives. I will refuse to help them.’ 18Then some people said, ‘We must find a way to stop Jeremiah. We do not need him. The priests will still be here to teach us. Wise men will still be here to give us advice. The prophets will still be here to give us God's messages. We should speak bad things against Jeremiah. Then we will not have to listen to him any more.’ ‘Please listen to me, Lord! Hear what my enemies are saying against me. 20I have done good things for them, but they are paying me back with evil things. They have already dug a grave for me! Remember that I stood in front of you and I asked you to forgive them. I asked you not to be angry with them. 21So now I ask you to punish them! Yes, may famine kill their children. May they die in war. May wives no longer have husbands or children. May disease kill the old men. May the young men die in battle.
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 18:19 word by word
הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וּשְׁמַ֖ע לְק֥וֹל יְרִיבָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:19
- Jeremiah 20:12Lord Almighty, you test righteous people, to see if they are faithful. You know what people think. You know their feelings. I trust you to show that I am not guilty. So punish those people who want to hurt me.
- Psalms 55:16But I will call to God for help. The Lord will make me safe.
- Psalms 64:1God, please listen to me as I tell you about my troubles. Keep me safe from my enemies when they attack me.
- Psalms 56:1God, please be kind to me, and help me, because people are fighting me. My enemies are attacking me every day.
- Psalms 109:4I have loved them, but they still accuse me. I will continue to pray for them.
- Micah 7:8My enemy, do not be happy because I am in trouble. I have fallen down, but I will get up. I am in the dark, but the Lord will be a light to me.
- Luke 6:11Then the Pharisees and the teachers of God's Law were very angry. They began to talk to each other about what they could do to Jesus.
- 2 Kings 19:16Lord, please listen carefully to me. Lord, look carefully at this letter. Listen to Sennacherib's message. He is insulting you, the God who lives for ever.
- Nehemiah 4:4So I prayed, ‘Hear us, our God. Our enemies think that we are fools. Make them seem like fools themselves! Let their enemies take them away as slaves.
- Nehemiah 6:9All our enemies wanted to frighten us. They thought, ‘The Jews will be so afraid that they will not be able to work well. They will not finish building the wall.’ So I prayed to God, ‘Give me strength to continue the work.’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The voice - i. e., the outcry and threats.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 When the prophet called to repentance, instead of obeying the call, the people devised devices against him. Thus do sinners deal with the great Intercessor, crucifying him afresh, and speaking against him on earth, while his blood is speaking for them in heaven. But the prophet had done his duty to them; and the same will be our rejoicing in a day of evil.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Jeremiah told the Lord about the unfairness of his enemies' actions against him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Give heed--contrasted with, "let us not give heed" (Jr 18:18). As they give no heed to me, do Thou, O Lord, give heed to me, and let my words at least have their weight with Thee.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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