Jeremiah 18:22

Jeremiah 18:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
• New International Version (NIV)Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
• English Standard Version (ESV)May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let a cry be heard from their houses, When You bring a troop suddenly upon them; For they have dug a pit to take me, And hidden snares for my feet.

Context of Jeremiah 18:22

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. Send people to attack them suddenly and rob them in their homes. Then they will shout aloud in great fear. They have dug a hole for me to fall into. They have prepared traps to catch me. 23But Lord, you know how they want to kill me. They are guilty, so do not forgive them. Do not forget to punish them for their sins. Put them under your power! Punish them while you are still angry!’

Jeremiah 18:22 word by word

תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תָבִ֧יא עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם גְּד֖וּד פִּתְאֹ֑ם כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ שׁוּחָה֙ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let a cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• from their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• when thou shalt bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• a troopגְּדוּדgedûd · bandH1416
• suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• upon them: for they have diggedכָּרָהkârâh · to pierceH3738
• a pitשִׁיחָהshîychâh · pitH7882
• a pitשׁוּחָהshûchâh · pitH7745
• to takeלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• me, and hidטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• snaresפַּחpach · snareH6341
• for my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:22

• Jeremiah 4:19I am so upset! My body is shaking with pain. My heart beats hard inside me. I cannot keep still. I cannot keep quiet. I have heard the noise of the enemy's trumpets and the shouts of their soldiers.
• Jeremiah 6:26So I say, ‘My dear people, show that you are sorry. Wear sackcloth and sit in ashes. Weep and cry aloud, as if your only child had died. Realize that the enemy's army will soon be here and they are ready to destroy us.’
• Jeremiah 9:20‘Now hear the Lord's message, you women. Listen to what he says to you. Teach your daughters how to weep. Teach each other this funeral song:
• Jeremiah 25:34You leaders should have been like shepherds to take care of my people. But now it is time for you to weep! Roll on the ground in the dust! The time of your death has arrived. You will lie on the ground, like pieces of a broken pot.
• Jeremiah 47:2‘Look at what is happening! Armies in the north are rising like a flood of water. They will pour out from there like a great river. They will cover the whole land and everything in it. They will destroy the cities and the people who live in them. People will shout for help. Everyone who lives there will cry with pain.
• Jeremiah 48:3The people of Horonaim will shout for help, because a strong army is destroying them.
• Isaiah 10:30People in Gallim, shout for help! Listen carefully, people in Laishah. Answer them, people in Anathoth.
• Isaiah 22:1This is a message about the city that is called ‘Vision Valley’. What are you doing? You have all climbed up on the roofs of your houses!
• Zephaniah 1:10The Lord says, ‘On that day you will hear the noise of people who are shouting from one gate of the city. It is the gate called the Fish Gate. And there will be sad sounds from the next gate. There will be loud noises from the hills.
• Jeremiah 18:20I 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.
• Jeremiah 20:10I hear what people are saying against me. They say, ‘Terror is all around him! We should tell the officers what he is saying.’ All my friends want me to make a mistake so that they can accuse me. They say, ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong. Then we will have power over him. We will pay him back for the trouble he has given us.’
• Psalms 38:12My enemies prepare traps, because they want to kill me. They talk about ways to destroy me. They want to hurt me, so they talk about that all through the day.
• Psalms 56:5All the time, they bring trouble on me. They are always thinking of ways to hurt me.
• Psalms 64:4They hide in secret places, and they quickly shoot lies at good people. They are not afraid that anyone will punish them.
• Psalms 140:5Proud people have prepared a trap to catch me. They have put their nets across my path. Selah.
• Matthew 22:15After the Pharisees heard this, they thought about what they could do. They wanted to ask Jesus difficult questions. They wanted to make him say something wrong about the Roman ruler.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The sack of the city follows with all the horrible cruelties practiced at such a time.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. 21-23In his prayer for vengeance, Jeremiah asked God to carry out the promised curses on those who broke his covenant (compare Deuteronomy 27:11–26; 28:15–68; see also the “Prayers for Vengeance” Theme Note).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. cry--by reason of the enemy bursting in: let their houses be no shelter to them in their calamities [Calvin]. digged ... pit--(Jr 18:20; Psa 57:6; 119:85).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:22

• Jeremiah
• Persecution
• Prayer

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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