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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 18:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 18:20 |
Strong Concordance |
Shall evil [07451] be recompensed [07999] for good [02896]? for they have digged [03738] a pit [07745] for my soul [05315]. Remember [02142] that I stood [05975] before [06440] thee to speak [01696] good [02896] for them, and to turn away [07725] thy wrath [02534] from them. |
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King James |
Shall 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
In the particulars here specified, Jeremiah was a type of Jesus Christ (Psa 109:4-5; Joh 15:25).
my soul--my life; me (Psa 35:7).
I stood before thee . . . to turn away thy wrath--so Moses (Psa 106:23; compare Eze 22:30). So Jesus Christ, the antitype of previous partial intercessors (Isa 59:16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Jeremiah had been laboring earnestly to avert the ruin of his country, but the Jews treated him as farmers do some noxious animal which wastes their fields, and for which they dig pitfalls. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
They have digged a pit for my soul - For my life; this they wish to take away.
Stood before thee to speak good for them - I was their continual intercessor. |
16 And he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], and wondered [08074] that there was no intercessor [06293]: therefore his arm [02220] brought salvation [03467] unto him; and his righteousness [06666], it sustained [05564] him.
30 And I sought [01245] for a man [0376] among them, that should make up [01443] the hedge [01447], and stand [05975] in the gap [06556] before [06440] me for the land [0776], that I should not destroy [07843] it: but I found [04672] none.
23 Therefore he said [0559] that he would destroy [08045] them, had not [03884] Moses [04872] his chosen [0972] stood [05975] before [06440] him in the breach [06556], to turn away [07725] his wrath [02534], lest he should destroy [07843] them.
7 For without cause [02600] have they hid [02934] for me their net [07568] in a pit [07845], which without cause [02600] they have digged [02658] for my soul [05315].
25 But [235] this cometh to pass, that [2443] the word [3056] might be fulfilled [4137] that is written [1125] in [1722] their [846] law [3551], [3754] They hated [3404] me [3165] without a cause [1432].
4 For my love [0160] they are my adversaries [07853]: but I give myself unto prayer [08605].
5 And they have rewarded [07760] me evil [07451] for good [02896], and hatred [08135] for my love [0160].