Jeremiah 18:17-19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷Like the east wind I will scatter them
before the enemy.
I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”

A Plot against Jeremiah

¹⁸Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”

¹⁹Give heed to me, O Lord,
and hearken to my plea.^[a]

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Jeremiah 18:19 Gk Compare Syr Tg: Heb my adversaries

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