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18 They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

19 Lord, please listen to me!
    Hear what my enemies are saying about me!
20 Should the good things I’ve done be paid back with evil?
    But my enemies have dug a pit for me.
Remember that I stood in front of you
    and spoke up for them.
    I tried to turn your anger away from them.

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