God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 18:23
23But you, O Lord, know that they plan to kill me. Don’t forgive their crimes. Don’t wipe their sins out of your sight. Make them stumble in your presence. Deal with them when you get angry.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of Jeremiah 18:23
21Now, hand their children over to famine. Pour out their ⌞blood⌟ by using your sword. Then their wives will become childless widows. Their husbands will be put to death. Their young men will be struck down in battle. 22Make them cry out from their homes when you suddenly send troops against them, because they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet. But you, O Lord, know that they plan to kill me. Don’t forgive their crimes. Don’t wipe their sins out of your sight. Make them stumble in your presence. Deal with them when you get angry.
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 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, “Let’s plot against Jeremiah, because the teachings of the priests, the advice of wise people, and the word of the prophets won’t disappear. Accuse him! Pay no attention to anything he says.”
- Jeremiah 11:18The Lord revealed their plot to me so that I would understand. He showed me what they were doing.
- Jeremiah 15:15O Lord, you understand. Remember me, take care of me, and take revenge on those who persecute me. Be patient, and don’t take me away. You should know that I’ve been insulted because of you.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked person watches the righteous person and seeks to kill him.
- Nehemiah 4:4⌞Nehemiah prayed,⌟ “Our God, hear us. We are despised. Turn their insults back on them, and let them be robbed in the land where they are prisoners.
- Psalms 35:4Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.
- Psalms 59:5O Lord God of Armies, God of Israel, arise to punish all the nations. Have no pity on any traitors. Selah
- Psalms 69:22Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends.
- Psalms 109:14Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother’s sin.
- Isaiah 2:9People will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled. Do not forgive them.
- Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed that they do disgusting things? No, they’re not ashamed. They don’t even know how to blush. So they will die with those who die. They will be brought down when I punish them,’ ” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 11:23I will bring a disaster on the people of Anathoth. It will be a year of punishment. There will be no survivors.
- Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day you are called to account ⌞for these things⌟, when the disaster comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Luke 21:22This will be a time of vengeance. Everything that is written about it will come true.
- Romans 2:5Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.
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
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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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