English Standard Version
Jeremiah 18:22
22May 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit for me and have hidden traps along my path.
Context of Jeremiah 18:22
20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them. 21Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle. 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. 23Yet you, O Lord, know all their plotting to kill me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 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 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 9:20Hear, O women, the word of the Lord, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbor a dirge.
- Jeremiah 25:34"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
- Jeremiah 47:2"Thus says the Lord: Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
- Jeremiah 48:3"A voice! A cry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
- Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim! Give attention, O Laishah! O poor Anathoth!
- Isaiah 22:1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
- Zephaniah 1:10"On that day," declares the Lord, "a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
- Jeremiah 20:10For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my close friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him."
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
- Psalms 56:5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Psalms 64:4shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
- Psalms 140:5The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
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
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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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