Jeremiah 18:18 · KJV
“Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}”
— Jeremiah 18:18
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Jeremiah 18 — Context
To make their land desolate, {and} a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}
19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Malachi 2:7
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he {is} the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I {was} like a lamb {or} an ox {that} is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, {saying}, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. {the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread}
Jeremiah 18:11
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
Jeremiah 13:13-14
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:
Jeremiah 5:12-13
They have belied the LORD, and said, {It is} not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: