1:18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, 1
they ambush their own lives! 2
10:8 He waits in ambush near the villages; 3
in hidden places he kills the innocent.
His eyes look for some unfortunate victim. 4
10:9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; 5
he lies in ambush, waiting to catch 6 the oppressed;
he catches the oppressed 7 by pulling in his net. 8
10:10 His victims are crushed and beaten down;
they are trapped in his sturdy nets. 9
17:12 He 10 is like a lion 11 that wants to tear its prey to bits, 12
like a young lion crouching 13 in hidden places.
35:7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me
and dug a pit to trap me. 14
11:19 Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter.
I did not know they were making plans to kill me. 15
I did not know they were saying, 16
“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! 17
Let’s remove Jeremiah 18 from the world of the living
so people will not even be reminded of him any more.” 19
18:18 Then some people 20 said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! 21 There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. 22 Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! 23 Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
18:19 Then I said, 24
“Lord, pay attention to me.
Listen to what my enemies are saying. 25
18:20 Should good be paid back with evil?
Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. 26
Just remember how I stood before you
pleading on their behalf 27
to keep you from venting your anger on them. 28