Jeremiah 18:23

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֠הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
knowest	יָדַ֜עְתָּ ya.Da'.ta	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
counsel	עֲצָתָ֤ם 'a.tza.Tam	H6098	advice · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
slay	לַמָּ֔וֶת la.Ma.vet	H4194	death (natural or violent) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
forgive	תְּכַפֵּר֙ te.kha.Per	H3722	to cover (specifically with bitumen) · verb, piel jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
iniquity	עֲוֹנָ֔ם 'a.vo.Nam	H5771	perversity · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
out	תֶּ֑מְחִי Tem.chi	H4229	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
sin	וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם ve.cha.ta.Tam	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sight	מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ mi.le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
overthrown	מֻכְשָׁלִים֙ mukh.sha.Lim	H3782	to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs · verb, hophal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
before	לְפָנֶ֔יךָ le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
deal	עֲשֵׂ֥ה 'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
time	בְּעֵ֥ת be.'Et	H6256	time · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
anger	אַפְּךָ֖ 'a.pe.Kha	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Psalms 69:22-28 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Nehemiah 4:4-5 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Psalms 109:14-15 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Isaiah 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Psalms 37:32-33 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms 59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Isaiah 10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:18–end

The prophet here, as sometimes before, brings in his own affairs, but very much for instruction to us. I. See here what are the common methods of the persecutors. We may see this in Jeremiah's enemies, Jer 18:18. 1. They laid their heads together to consult what they should do against him, both to be revenged on him for what he had said and to stop his mouth for the future: They said, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. The enemies of God's people and ministers have been often very crafty themselves, and confederate with one another, to do them mischief. What they cannot act to the prejudice of religion separately they will try to do in concert. The wicked plots against the just…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 18:23

forgive not-- (Psa 109:9-10, Psa 109:14). blot out--image from an account-book (Rev 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 (Ecc 8:11-12; Pe2 3:9-10). Referred by MAURER, &c., to the beginning of Zedekiah's reign. Next: Jeremiah Chapter 19

John Gill on Jeremiah 18:23

Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me,.... However deep they had laid them; and however unknown they were to him; or however private and secret they might be thought to be by them; God is an omniscient God, and knows and sees all things; the thoughts of men's hearts, and all their secret designs in the dark against his ministers, people, and interest: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; they had sinned the unpardonable sin; or, however, a sin unto death; for which prayer for the forgiveness of it was not to be made, 1 John 5:16; this the prophet knew: what he here imprecates, and both before and after, must be considered, not as f…

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Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah · .Conspiracy against — .Conspiracy against

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 18:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 18:23

John Gill on Jeremiah 18:23

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 18:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 18:23

John Gill on Jeremiah 18:23

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 18:23–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 18:18–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 18:21-23

Rashi on Jeremiah 18:23