Jeremiah 17:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

People are hurting me. Make them ashamed, but don’t disappoint me. Let them be filled with fear, but don’t give me any reason to fear. Bring the terrible day of disaster to my enemies. Break them, and break them again.

Cross References

Psalm 35:4

Some people are trying to kill me. Disappoint them and make them ashamed. Make them turn and run away. They are planning to hurt me. Defeat and embarrass them.

Jeremiah 20:11

But the Lord is with me. He is like a strong soldier. So those who are chasing me will fall. They will not defeat me. They will fail. They will be disappointed. They will be ashamed, and they will never forget that shame.

Jeremiah 11:20

So I prayed, “Lord All-Powerful, you are a fair judge. You know how to test people’s hearts and minds. I will tell you my arguments, and I will let you give them the punishment they deserve.”

Psalm 40:14

People are trying to kill me. Please disappoint them. Humiliate them completely! They wanted to hurt me. Make them run away in shame!

Psalm 35:8

So let them fall into their own traps. Let them stumble into their own nets. Let some unknown danger catch them.

Revelation 18:6

Give that city the same as she gave to others. Pay her back twice as much as she did. Prepare wine for her that is twice as strong as the wine she prepared for others.

Jeremiah 17:16

Lord, I did not run away from you. I followed you. I became the shepherd you wanted. I did not want the terrible day to come. You know what I said. You see all that is happening.

Jeremiah 16:18

I will pay the people of Judah back for the evil things they did—I will punish them two times for every sin. I will do this because they have made my land ‘dirty.’ They made my land ‘dirty’ with their terrible idols. I hate those idols, but they have filled my country with their idols.”

Psalm 71:1

Lord, I depend on you for protection. Don’t let me be disappointed.

Psalm 70:2

People are trying to kill me. Please disappoint them. Humiliate them! They want to hurt me. Make them run away in shame.

Job 16:14

Again and again he attacks me. He runs at me like a soldier in battle.

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message to the people of Judah: ‘My eyes fill with tears night and day without stopping. I cry for my virgin daughter, and for my dear people, because someone hit them and crushed them. They have been hurt very badly.

Jeremiah 1:17

“As for you, Jeremiah, get ready. Stand up and speak to the people. Tell them everything that I tell you to say. Don’t be afraid of the people. If you are afraid of them, I will give you good reason to be afraid of them.

Jeremiah 12:3

But you know my heart, Lord. You see me and test my mind. Drag the evil people away like sheep to be killed. Choose them for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel. You are like a spring of living water. Those who stop following the Lord will have a very short life.

Jeremiah 17:19

This is what the Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, go and stand at the People’s Gate, where the kings of Judah go in and out. Tell the people my message, and then go to all the other gates of Jerusalem and do the same.”

Deuteronomy 33:11

“Lord, bless everything Levi has. Accept what he does. Destroy those who attack him! Defeat his enemies so that they will never attack again.”