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Jeremiah 18

Jer. 18:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Shallt evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
be recompensed
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
for good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
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 thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
? for they have digged
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
u a pit
shuwchah (Hebrew #7745)
a chasm
KJV usage: ditch, pit.
Pronounce: shoo-khaw'
Origin: from 7743
for my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
. Remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
that I stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thee to speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
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 thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
for them, and to turn away
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
thy wrath
chemah (Hebrew #2534)
from 3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV usage: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See 2529.
Pronounce: khay-maw'
Origin: or (Dan. 11:44) chemaC {khay-maw'}
from them.
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Psa. 109:4• 4For my love they are mine adversaries,{HR}And I [am for] prayer. (Psa. 109:4)
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Prov. 17:13• 13Whoso rewardeth evil for good,{HR}Evil shall not depart from his house. (Prov. 17:13)
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)

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evil.
1 Sam. 24:17‑19• 17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
 18And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
 19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that thou hast done to me this day. (1 Sam. 24:17‑19)
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Psa. 35:12• 12They requite me evil instead of good [to the] bereaving of my soul. (Psa. 35:12)
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Psa. 38:20• 20And those who recompense me evil for good will oppose me{HR}Because of my pursuing good. (Psa. 38:20)
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Psa. 109:4‑5• 4For my love they are mine adversaries,{HR}And I [am for] prayer.
 5And they set upon me evil for good,{HR}And hatred for my love. (Psa. 109:4‑5)
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Prov. 17:13• 13Whoso rewardeth evil for good,{HR}Evil shall not depart from his house. (Prov. 17:13)
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John 10:32• 32Jesus answered them, Many good works I showed you from the Father: on account of which work of them do ye stone me? (John 10:32)
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John 15:25• 25But [it is] that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, they hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)
digged.
Jer. 18:22• 22Let 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. (Jer. 18:22)
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Job 6:27• 27Ye would even let fall on the orphan,{HR}And would traffic for your friend. (Job 6:27)
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Psa. 7:15• 15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh. (Psa. 7:15)
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)
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Psa. 57:6• 6A net they prepared for my steps;{HR}My soul was bowed down;{HR}They digged a pit before me;{HR}They fell into the midst of it. Selah. (Psa. 57:6)
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Psa. 119:95• 95For me have waited wicked [men] to destroy me:{HR}Thy testimonies I attend to. (Psa. 119:95)
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Prov. 26:27• 27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;{HR}And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. (Prov. 26:27)
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Eccl. 10:8• 8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it,{HR}And whoso breaketh through a fence,{HR}A serpent biteth him. (Eccl. 10:8)
Remember.
Jer. 7:16• 16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee. (Jer. 7:16)
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Jer. 11:14• 14Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. (Jer. 11:14)
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Jer. 14:7‑11,20‑22• 7Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
 8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
 9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
 10Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
 11And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
 20We acknowledge, Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
 21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
 22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:7‑11,20‑22)
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Jer. 15:1• 1And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight and let them go forth. (Jer. 15:1)
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Gen. 18:22‑32• 22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
 23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
 24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou also destroy, and not spare, the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
 25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked—far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
 26And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
 27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.
 28Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.
 29And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.
 30And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
 31And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.
 32And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. (Gen. 18:22‑32)
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Psa. 106:23• 23And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying. (Psa. 106:23)
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Ezek. 22:30‑31• 30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
 31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:30‑31)
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Zech. 3:1‑2• 1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
 2And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; even Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? (Zech. 3:1‑2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.