21 Therefore, (A)give their children over to famine
And turn them over to the [a]power of the sword;
And let their wives become (B)childless and (C)widowed.
Let their men also be slaughtered to death,
Their (D)young men struck and killed by the sword in battle.
22 May a (E)cry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
(F)For they have dug a pit to capture me
And (G)hidden snares for my feet.
23 But You, Lord, know
All their [b]deadly schemes against me;
(H)Do not [c]forgive their wrongdoing
Or wipe out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be [d](I)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (J)time of Your anger!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:21 Lit hands of
  2. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit unto death
  3. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit cover over, atone for
  4. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit ones made to stumble

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