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Jeremiah 18:22-23
New English Translation
Jeremiah 18:22-23
New English Translation
22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses
when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them.[a]
For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden traps for me to step into.
23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill me.
Do not pardon their crimes!
Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them.[b]
Let them be brought down in defeat before you.
Deal with them while you are still angry![c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 18:22 tn Heb “when you bring marauders in against them.” For the use of the noun translated here “bands of raiders to plunder them,” see 1 Sam 30:3, 15, 23 and BDB 151 s.v. גְּדוּד 1.
- Jeremiah 18:23 sn Heb “Do not blot out their sins from before you.” For this anthropomorphic figure that looks at God’s actions as though connected with record books, i.e., a book of wrongdoings to be punished and a book of life for those who are to live, see, e.g., Exod 32:32, 33, Pss 51:1 (51:3 HT); and 69:28 (69:29 HT).
- Jeremiah 18:23 tn Heb “in the time of your anger.”
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