Jeremiah 18:19

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 Living Translation (NLT)Lord, hear me and help me! Listen to what my enemies are saying.

Context of Jeremiah 18:19

17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face In the day of their calamity.” 18Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.” Give heed to me, O Lord, And listen to the voice of those who contend with me! 20Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You To speak good for them, To turn away Your wrath from them. 21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, And pour out their blood By the force of the sword; Let their wives become widows And bereaved of their children. Let their men be put to death, Their young men be slain By the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 18:19 word by word

הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וּשְׁמַ֖ע לְק֥וֹל יְרִיבָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Give heedקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• to me, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of them that contendיָרִיבyârîyb · opponentH3401

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:19

• Jeremiah 20:12But, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous, And see the mind and heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them; For I have pleaded my cause before You.
• Psalms 55:16As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me.
• Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
• Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me.
• Psalms 109:4In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer.
• Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.
• Luke 6:11But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• 2 Kings 19:16Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
• Nehemiah 4:4Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!
• Nehemiah 6:9For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:19

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jeremiah
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Smite
• Wag
• Providence

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