Jeremiah 18:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyahu, for the Torah 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 listen to any of his words.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then [my enemies] said, Come and let us devise schemes against Jeremiah; for the law [of Moses] shall not perish from the priest [as this false prophet Jeremiah predicts], nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue [making a charge against him to the king], and let us not pay any attention to his words.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then they said, “Come, let’s unite against Jeremiah, for the priest’s instruction won’t fail, nor will the sage’s counsel, nor the prophet’s word. Come, let’s silence him and pay no attention to his words.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they said: "Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words."

Jeremiah 18:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 17:14

Aḇ

1 Kings 22:24

And Tsiḏ

2 Chronicles 24:21

And they conspired against him, and at the command of the sovereign they stoned him with stones in the courtyard of the House of יהוה.

Job 5:13

catching the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of schemers are swept away.

Psalm 21:11

For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Psalm 57:4

My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, a bitter word,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Isaiah 32:7

And the methods of the scoundrel are evil – he has devised wicked plans to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy pleads for right-ruling.

Jeremiah 1:19

“And they shall fight against you, but not prevail against you. For I am with you,” declares יהוה, “to deliver you.”

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb brought to the slaughter. And I did not know that they had plotted against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 18:11

“And now, speak to the men of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 18:19

Attend to me, O יהוה, and listen to the voice of my adversaries!

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not say, ‘Where is יהוה ?’ And those who handle the Torah did not know Me, and the shepherds transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baʽ

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard many mocking, “Fear on every side!” “Expose,” they say, “yea, let us expose him!” All my friends watched for my stumbling, saying, “He might be lured away, so that we prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 26:11

And the priests and the prophets spoke to the heads and all the people, saying, “A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”

Jeremiah 37:13

And it came to be, as he was in the gate of Binyamin, a master of the guard was there whose name was Yiriyah son of Shelemyah, son of Ḥ

Jeremiah 43:2

that Azaryah son of Hoshayah, and Yoḥ

Jeremiah 44:16

“We are not going to listen to you in the matter about which you spoke to us in the Name of יהוה!

Jeremiah 44:17

“But we shall do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the sovereigness of the heavens and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our sovereigns and our heads, in the cities of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 8:8

“How do you say, ‘We are wise, and the Torah of יהוה  is with us’? But look, the false pen of the scribe has worked falsehood.

Lamentations 3:62

The lips of those rising against me, And their scheming against me all the day.

Ezekiel 7:26

‘Calamity upon calamity shall come, and report shall be upon report. And they shall seek a vision from a prophet. But the teaching has perished from the priest, and counsel from the elders!

Leviticus 10:11

and to teach the children of Yisra’ĕ

Micah 3:6

Therefore it shall be night to you without vision, and darkness to you without divination. The sun shall go down on the prophets, and the day shall be dark for them.

Micah 3:7

And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners embarrassed. And they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer, O Elohim.

Malachi 2:7

“For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they seek the Torah from his mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה  of hosts.

Luke 11:45

And one of those learned in the Torah, answering, said to Him, “Teacher, when You say this You insult us too.”

John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind, too?”