Jeremiah 18:23

Jeremiah 18:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
• New International Version (NIV)But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel Which is against me, to slay me. Provide no atonement for their iniquity, Nor blot out their sin from Your sight; But let them be overthrown before You. Deal thus with them In the time of Your anger.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Lord, you know all about their murderous plots against me. Don’t forgive their crimes and blot out their sins. Let them die before you. Deal with them in your anger.

Context of Jeremiah 18:23

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. 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. Yet 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.

Jeremiah 18:23 word by word

וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֠הוָה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲצָתָ֤ם עָלַי֙ לַמָּ֔וֶת אַל־תְּכַפֵּר֙ עַל־עֲוֹנָ֔ם וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ אַל־תֶּ֑מְחִי וְיִהְי֤וּ מֻכְשָׁלִים֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ בְּעֵ֥ת אַפְּךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֥ה בָהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet, Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thou knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• all their counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• against me to slayמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• forgiveכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• not their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• neither blot outמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• their sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• from thy sightפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• but let them be overthrownכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• thee; dealעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• with them in the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• of thine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:23

• Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."
• Jeremiah 11:18The Lord made it known to me and I knew; then you showed me their deeds.
• Jeremiah 15:15O Lord, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach.
• Psalms 37:32The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.
• Nehemiah 4:4Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
• Psalms 35:4Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
• Psalms 59:5You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
• Psalms 69:22Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
• Psalms 109:14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
• Isaiah 2:9So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— do not forgive them!
• Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 11:23and none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
• Luke 21:22for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
• Romans 2:5But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Yet, Lord - Better, But, Lord. They conceal their plots, but God knows, and therefore must punish. Neither blot out … - Or, “blot not out their sin from before Thy face that they may be made to stumble before Thee.” Thus - Omit this word. Since there is an acceptable time and a day of salvation, so there is a time of anger, and Jeremiah‘s prayer is that God would deal with his enemies at such a time, and when therefore no mercy would be shown. On…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. 2323. forgive not--(Psa 109:9, 10, 14). blot out--image from an account-book (Re 20:12). before thee--Hypocrites suppose God is not near, so long as they escape punishment; but when He punishes, they are said to stand before Him, because they can no longer flatter themselves they can escape His eye (compare Psa 90:8). deal thus--exert Thy power against them [Maurer]. time of thine anger--Though He seems to tarry, His time shall come at last (Ec 8:11, 12…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:23

• Jeremiah
• Persecution
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Smite
• Wag
• Foreknow; Foreknowledge
• Forgiveness
• Jeremiah (2)
• Providence
• Text of the Old Testament
• sin, sinful, sinner, sinning

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