Jeremiah 18 · Verse 23

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.
Jeremiah 18:23, King James Version

Jeremiah 18:23 in other translations

BSBBut You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
WEBYet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
ASVYet, Jehovah, 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 thou with them in the time of thine anger.
YLTAnd Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me is for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!
DARBYAnd thou, Jehovah, 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 with them in the time of thine anger.
BBEBut you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
WebsterYet, 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 thy anger.

What does Jeremiah 18:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. 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; 2Pe 3:9, 10).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 18:18-23

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.

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Jeremiah 18:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859
יְ֠הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
יָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.tayou knowH3045
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עֲצָתָ֤ם'a.tza.Tamplan theirH6098
עָלַי֙'a.Laion meH5921
לַמָּ֔וֶתla.Ma.vetfor <the> deathH4194
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תְּכַפֵּר֙te.kha.Peryou atoneH3722
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עֲוֹנָ֔ם'a.vo.Naminiquity theirH5771
וְחַטָּאתָ֖םve.cha.ta.Tamand sin theirH2403
מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָmi.le.fa.Nei.khafrom to before youH6440
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תֶּ֑מְחִיTem.chiyou wipe outH4229
וְיִהְי֤וּve.ha.yuand let them beH1961
מֻכְשָׁלִים֙mukh.sha.LimoverthrownH3782
לְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
בְּעֵ֥תbe.'Etin [the] time ofH6256
אַפְּךָ֖'a.pe.Khaanger yourH639
עֲשֵׂ֥ה'a.SehdoH6213
בָהֶֽם\׃\ \סva.Hemwith <the> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 18:23

  • 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. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. …

  • 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. Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

  • Isaiah 2:9

    And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

  • 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: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

  • Jeremiah 18:18

    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.

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • 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 ye leave your glory?

  • Jeremiah 11:18-20

    And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. 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. But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

  • Jeremiah 11:23

    And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou.
18; 11:18-20; 15:15; Ps 37:32,33
to slay me. Heb. for death. forgive.
Ne 4:4,5; Ps 35:4; 59:5; 69:22-28; 109:14,15; Isa 2:9
in the.
8:12; 11:23; Isa 10:3; Lu 21:22; Ro 2:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 18:22

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • 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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Jeremiah 18:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas tú, oh Jehová, conoces todo su consejo contra mí para muerte; no perdones su maldad, ni borres su pecado de delante de tu rostro: y tropiecen delante de ti; haz así con ellos en el tiempo de tu furor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toi, Éternel, tu connais tout leur conseil contre moi, pour me mettre à mort: ne pardonne pas leur iniquité, et n’efface pas leur péché de devant ta face; mais qu’ils tombent devant toi. Agis contre eux au temps de ta colère.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du, Jehova, du kennst alle ihre Mordanschläge wider mich; vergib nicht ihre Missetat, und tilge ihre Sünde nicht aus vor deinem Angesicht, sondern laß sie niedergestürzt vor dir liegen; zur Zeit deines Zornes handle mit ihnen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu autem, Domine, scis omne consilium eorum adversum me in mortem: ne propitieris iniquitati eorum, et peccatum eorum a facie tua non deleatur: fiant corruentes in conspectu tuo; in tempore furoris tui abutere eis.