Jeremiah 18 — HeartWord — Read the Bible

¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): 1 Kings 17:2 · Isaiah 29:16

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

The word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
which came to Jeremiah H3414 (יִרְמְיָה) — Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
from Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

² Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Isaiah 20:2 · Jeremiah 13:1 · Jeremiah 19:1 · Jeremiah 23:22 · Amos 7:7 · Acts 9:6 · Hebrews 1:1

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Arise H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
and go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
to the potter’s H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and there I will cause thee to hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
my words H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

³ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Jonah 1:3 · Acts 26:19

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then I went down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
to the potter’s H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and, behold H2009 (הִנֵּה) — lo!
he wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
a work H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
on the wheels H70 (אֹבֶן) — a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)

⁴ And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Isaiah 45:9 · Jeremiah 18:6 · Romans 9:20

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And the vessel H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
that he made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
of clay H2563 (חֹמֶר) — properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
was marred H7843 (שָׁחַת) — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
in the hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
of the potter H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
so he made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
it again H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
another H312 (אַחֵר) — properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
vessel H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
as seemed H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
good H3474 (יָשַׁר) — to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
to the potter H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
to make H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

⁵ Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
came to me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

⁶ O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Isaiah 45:9 · Isaiah 64:8 · Jeremiah 18:4 · Daniel 4:23 · Matthew 20:15 · Romans 9:20 · Romans 11:34

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

O house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
cannot H3201 (יָכֹל) — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
I do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
with you as this potter H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Behold, as the clay H2563 (חֹמֶר) — properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
in the potter’s H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
ye in mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…

⁷ At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Jeremiah 1:10 · Jeremiah 12:14 · Jeremiah 25:9 · Jeremiah 26:3 · Jeremiah 45:4 · Amos 9:8 · Jonah 3:4 · Jonah 3:10

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

instant H7281 (רֶגַע) — a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
I shall speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
concerning a nation H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
and concerning a kingdom H4467 (מַמְלָכָה) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
to pluck up H5428 (נָתַשׁ) — to tear away
and to pull down H5422 (נָתַץ) — to tear down
and to destroy H6 (אָבַד) — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

⁸ if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Exodus 32:12 · Exodus 32:14 · Deuteronomy 32:36 · Judges 2:18 · Judges 10:15 · 1 Kings 8:33 · 2 Chronicles 12:6 · Psalms 90:13 · Psalms 106:45 · Psalms 135:14 · Isaiah 1:16 · Jeremiah 7:3 · Jeremiah 15:6 · Jeremiah 26:3 · Jeremiah 26:13 · Jeremiah 26:19 · Jeremiah 36:3 · Jeremiah 42:10 · Hosea 11:8 · Amos 5:15 · Amos 7:3 · Jonah 2:5 · Jonah 3:9 · Jonah 4:2 · Luke 13:3

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

If that nation H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
against whom I have pronounced H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
turn H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
from their evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
I will repent H5162 (נָחַם) — properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to av…
of the evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
that I thought H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
to do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

⁹ And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Ecclesiastes 3:2 · Jeremiah 1:10 · Jeremiah 11:17 · Jeremiah 30:18 · Jeremiah 31:4 · Jeremiah 31:28 · Jeremiah 31:38 · Jeremiah 32:41 · Amos 9:11

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

instant H7281 (רֶגַע) — a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
I shall speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
concerning a nation H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
and concerning a kingdom H4467 (מַמְלָכָה) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
to build H1129 (בָּנָה) — to build (literally and figuratively)
and to plant H5193 (נָטַע) — properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

¹⁰ if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Numbers 14:22 · Numbers 14:23 · Numbers 14:34 · 1 Samuel 2:30 · 1 Samuel 13:13 · 1 Samuel 15:11 · 1 Samuel 15:35 · Psalms 125:5 · Jeremiah 7:23 · Zephaniah 1:6

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

If it do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
in my sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
that it obey H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not my voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
then I will repent H5162 (נָחַם) — properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to av…
of the good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
wherewith I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
I would benefit H3190 (יָטַב) — to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

¹¹ Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Genesis 11:3 · Genesis 11:7 · 1 Kings 22:23 · 2 Kings 5:5 · 2 Kings 17:13 · 2 Kings 22:13 · Isaiah 1:16 · Isaiah 5:5 · Isaiah 55:6 · Jeremiah 3:1 · Jeremiah 3:22 · Jeremiah 4:6 · Jeremiah 4:14 · Jeremiah 4:23 · Jeremiah 7:3 · Jeremiah 11:19 · Jeremiah 18:18 · Jeremiah 19:3 · Jeremiah 19:15 · Jeremiah 25:2 · Jeremiah 25:5 · Jeremiah 26:3 · Jeremiah 26:13 · Jeremiah 35:15 · Jeremiah 36:3 · Jeremiah 36:7 · Jeremiah 51:11 · Lamentations 3:39 · Micah 2:3 · Zechariah 1:3 · Acts 26:20

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Now therefore go to, speak H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
to the men H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
and to the inhabitants H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
of Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Behold, I frame H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
against you, and devise H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
a device H4284 (מַחֲשָׁבָה) — a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
against you: return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
ye now every one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
from his evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
and make your ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
and your doings H4611 (מַעֲלָל) — an act (good or bad)
good H3190 (יָטַב) — to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

¹² But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Genesis 6:5 · Genesis 8:21 · Deuteronomy 29:19 · 2 Kings 6:33 · Isaiah 57:10 · Isaiah 65:2 · Jeremiah 2:25 · Jeremiah 3:17 · Jeremiah 6:17 · Jeremiah 7:24 · Jeremiah 11:8 · Jeremiah 16:12 · Jeremiah 23:17 · Jeremiah 44:17 · Luke 1:51

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And they said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
There is no hope H2976 (יָאַשׁ) — to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond
but we will walk H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
our own devices H4284 (מַחֲשָׁבָה) — a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
and we will every one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
the imagination H8307 (שְׁרִירוּת) — obstinacy
of his evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

¹³ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): 1 Samuel 4:7 · Isaiah 36:22 · Isaiah 66:8 · Jeremiah 2:10 · Jeremiah 2:12 · Jeremiah 5:30 · Jeremiah 14:17 · Jeremiah 23:14 · Jeremiah 31:4 · Lamentations 1:15 · Hosea 6:10 · Amos 5:1 · Amos 5:2 · 1 Corinthians 5:1

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Therefore thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Ask H7592 (שָׁאַל) — to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
ye now among the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who hath heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
such things: the virgin H1330 (בְּתוּלָה) — a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
hath done H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
a very H3966 (מְאֹד) — properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlativ…
horrible thing H8186 (שַׁעֲרוּרָה) — something fearful

¹⁴ Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

leave H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
the snow H7950 (שֶׁלֶג) — snow (probably from its whiteness)
of Lebanon H3844 (לְבָנוֹן) — Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
from the rock H6697 (צוּר) — properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
of the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
shall the cold H7119 (קַר) — cool; figuratively, quiet
flowing H5140 (נָזַל) — to drip, or shed by trickling
waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
that come from another place H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
be forsaken H5428 (נָתַשׁ) — to tear away

¹⁵ For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Deuteronomy 32:21 · Nehemiah 9:17 · Isaiah 3:12 · Isaiah 9:16 · Isaiah 41:29 · Isaiah 57:14 · Isaiah 62:10 · Isaiah 65:7 · Jeremiah 1:16 · Jeremiah 2:13 · Jeremiah 2:19 · Jeremiah 2:32 · Jeremiah 3:21 · Jeremiah 6:16 · Jeremiah 10:15 · Jeremiah 11:12 · Jeremiah 11:13 · Jeremiah 11:17 · Jeremiah 13:25 · Jeremiah 16:19 · Jeremiah 17:13 · Jeremiah 19:5 · Jeremiah 44:15 · Jeremiah 44:25 · Hosea 2:13 · Hosea 11:2 · Malachi 2:8 · Matthew 15:6 · Romans 14:21

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Because my people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
hath forgotten H7911 (שָׁכַח) — to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
me, they have burned incense H6999 (קָטַר) — to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
to vanity H7723 (שָׁוְא) — evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also…
and they have caused them to stumble H3782 (כָּשַׁל) — to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
in their ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
the ancient H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…
paths H7635 (שָׁבִיל) — a track or passage-way (as if flowing along)
to walk H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
in paths H5410 (נָתִיב) — a (beaten) track
a way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
not cast up H5549 (סָלַל) — to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)

¹⁶ to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 26:32 · Leviticus 26:33 · Leviticus 26:43 · Deuteronomy 28:59 · Deuteronomy 29:23 · 1 Kings 9:8 · 2 Chronicles 7:20 · 2 Chronicles 29:8 · Psalms 22:7 · Psalms 44:14 · Isaiah 6:11 · Isaiah 37:22 · Jeremiah 9:11 · Jeremiah 19:8 · Jeremiah 25:9 · Jeremiah 29:18 · Jeremiah 49:13 · Jeremiah 49:17 · Jeremiah 50:13 · Jeremiah 51:37 · Jeremiah 51:43 · Lamentations 2:15 · Micah 6:16 · Matthew 27:39

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

To make H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
their land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
desolate H8047 (שַׁמָּה) — ruin; by implication, consternation
a perpetual H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…
hissing H8292 (שְׁרוּקָה) — a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
every one that passeth H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
thereby shall be astonished H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
and wag H5110 (נוּד) — to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn)…
his head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

¹⁷ I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Deuteronomy 28:25 · Deuteronomy 28:64 · Deuteronomy 31:17 · Deuteronomy 32:35 · Judges 10:13 · Job 27:21 · Psalms 48:7 · Proverbs 7:25 · Jeremiah 2:27 · Jeremiah 13:24 · Jeremiah 32:33 · Jeremiah 46:21 · Hosea 13:15

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

I will scatter H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
them as with an east H6921 (קָדִים) — the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
wind H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
the enemy H341 (אֹיֵב) — hating; an adversary
I will shew H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
them the back H6203 (עֹרֶף) — the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
and not the face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
of their calamity H343 (אֵיד) — oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin

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.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 10:11 · 2 Samuel 15:31 · 2 Samuel 17:14 · 1 Kings 22:24 · 2 Chronicles 24:21 · Job 5:13 · Psalms 21:11 · Psalms 52:2 · Psalms 57:4 · Psalms 64:3 · Proverbs 18:21 · Isaiah 32:7 · Jeremiah 1:19 · Jeremiah 2:8 · Jeremiah 5:12 · Jeremiah 11:19 · Jeremiah 13:13 · Jeremiah 14:14 · Jeremiah 18:11 · Jeremiah 26:11 · Jeremiah 29:25 · Jeremiah 43:2 · Jeremiah 44:16 · Jeremiah 44:17 · Lamentations 3:62 · Micah 2:1 · Micah 3:6 · Micah 3:7 · Malachi 2:7 · Luke 11:45

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
they, Come H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
and let us devise H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
devices H4284 (מַחֲשָׁבָה) — a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
against Jeremiah H3414 (יִרְמְיָה) — Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
for the law H8451 (תּוֹרָה) — a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
shall not perish H6 (אָבַד) — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
from the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
nor counsel H6098 (עֵצָה) — advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
from the wise H2450 (חָכָם) — wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
nor the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
from the prophet H5030 (נָבִיא) — a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Come H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
and let us smite H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
him with the tongue H3956 (לָשׁוֹן) — the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of…
and let us not give heed H7181 (קָשַׁב) — to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
to any of his words H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

¹⁹ Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): 2 Kings 19:16 · Nehemiah 4:4 · Nehemiah 6:9 · Psalms 55:16 · Psalms 56:1 · Psalms 64:1 · Psalms 64:2 · Psalms 109:4 · Psalms 109:28 · Jeremiah 20:12 · Micah 7:8 · Luke 6:11

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Give heed H7181 (קָשַׁב) — to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
to me, O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
and hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
to the voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
of them that contend H3401 (יָרִיב) — literally he will contend; properly, adjective contentious; used as noun, an adversary

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Genesis 18:22 · 1 Samuel 24:17 · Job 6:27 · Psalms 7:15 · Psalms 35:7 · Psalms 35:12 · Psalms 38:20 · Psalms 57:6 · Psalms 106:23 · Psalms 109:4 · Psalms 109:5 · Psalms 119:95 · Proverbs 17:13 · Proverbs 26:27 · Ecclesiastes 10:8 · Jeremiah 7:16 · Jeremiah 11:14 · Jeremiah 14:7 · Jeremiah 14:20 · Jeremiah 17:18 · Jeremiah 18:22 · Zechariah 3:1

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Shall evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
be recompensed H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
for good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
for they have digged H3738 (כָּרָה) — properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
a pit H7745 (שׁוּחָה) — a chasm
for my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
that I stood H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
thee to speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
to turn away H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
thy wrath H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

²¹ Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Exodus 22:24 · Deuteronomy 32:25 · 2 Chronicles 36:17 · Psalms 63:11 · Psalms 109:9 · Isaiah 9:16 · Jeremiah 9:21 · Jeremiah 11:20 · Jeremiah 11:22 · Jeremiah 12:3 · Jeremiah 15:2 · Jeremiah 15:8 · Jeremiah 16:3 · Jeremiah 20:1 · Jeremiah 20:11 · Lamentations 5:3 · Amos 4:10 · 2 Timothy 4:14

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Therefore deliver up H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
their children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
to the famine H7458 (רָעָב) — hunger (more or less extensive)
and pour out H5064 (נָגַר) — to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over
by the force H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
of the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
and let their wives H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
be bereaved H7909 (שַׁכּוּל) — bereaved
widows H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
and let their men H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) — properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
be put H2026 (הָרַג) — to smite with deadly intent
to death H4194 (מָוֶת) — death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
their young men H970 (בָּחוּר) — properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
slain H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
in battle H4421 (מִלְחָמָה) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)

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.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Psalms 38:12 · Psalms 56:5 · Psalms 64:4 · Psalms 140:5 · Psalms 140:6 · Psalms 142:4 · Isaiah 10:30 · Isaiah 22:1 · Jeremiah 4:19 · Jeremiah 4:31 · Jeremiah 6:26 · Jeremiah 9:20 · Jeremiah 18:20 · Jeremiah 20:10 · Jeremiah 25:34 · Jeremiah 47:2 · Jeremiah 48:3 · Zephaniah 1:10 · Zephaniah 1:16 · Matthew 22:15

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Let a cry H2201 (זַעַק) — a shriek or outcry
be heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
from their houses H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
when thou shalt bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
a troop H1416 (גְּדוּד) — a crowd (especially of soldiers)
suddenly H6597 (פִּתְאוֹם) — instantly
upon them: for they have digged H3738 (כָּרָה) — properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
a pit H7882 (שִׁיחָה) — a pit-fall
a pit H7745 (שׁוּחָה) — a chasm
to take H3920 (לָכַד) — to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
me, and hid H2934 (טָמַן) — to hide (by covering over)
snares H6341 (פַּח) — a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
for my feet H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

²³ Yet, 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.

Cross references & Strong's

Cross references (TSK): Nehemiah 4:4 · Psalms 35:4 · Psalms 37:32 · Psalms 56:8 · Psalms 59:5 · Psalms 69:22 · Psalms 109:14 · Isaiah 2:9 · Isaiah 10:3 · Jeremiah 8:12 · Jeremiah 11:18 · Jeremiah 11:23 · Jeremiah 15:15 · Jeremiah 17:18 · Jeremiah 18:18 · Lamentations 3:60 · Lamentations 3:61 · Luke 21:22 · Romans 2:5

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Yet, Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
thou knowest H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
all their counsel H6098 (עֵצָה) — advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
against me to slay H4194 (מָוֶת) — death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
forgive H3722 (כָּפַר) — to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
not their iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
neither blot out H4229 (מָחָה) — properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
their sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
from thy sight H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
but let them be overthrown H3782 (כָּשַׁל) — to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
thee; deal H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
with them in the time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
of thine anger H639 (אַף) — properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire