Jeremiah 18:22

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Let them cry out in their houses, when you suddenly bring an enemy against them. Let it happen because they prepared a death trap for me. They hid traps for me to step in.

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on sackcloth and roll in the ashes. Cry loudly for the dead. Cry as if you lost an only son. Do this because the destroyer will come against us very quickly.

Psalm 140:5

These proud people are trying to trap me. They spread nets to catch me; they set traps in my path. Selah

Zephaniah 1:16

It will be like a time of war when people hear horns and trumpets in the defense towers and protected cities.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees left the place where Jesus was teaching. They made plans to catch him saying something wrong.

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear people whispering against me. Everywhere, I hear things that frighten me. Even my friends are speaking against me. People are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They are saying, “Let us lie and say that he did something bad. Maybe we can trick Jeremiah. Then we will have him. We will finally be rid of him. Then we will grab him and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 18:20

I have done only good to them. It is not right for them to pay me back with evil. But they are preparing a death trap for me! Remember that I prayed to you for them. I asked only good for them. I tried to keep you from punishing them in anger.

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a scream like a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of daughter Zion. She is lifting her hands in prayer, saying, “Oh! I am about to faint! Murderers are all around me!”

Isaiah 10:30

Cry out, Bath Gallim! Laishah, listen! Anathoth, answer me!

Psalm 38:12

My enemies say bad things about me. They are spreading lies and rumors. They talk about me all the time.

Psalm 119:85

Proud people have tried to trap me and make me disobey your teachings.

Jeremiah 5:26

There are evil men among my people. They are like men who make nets for catching birds. They set their traps, but they catch people instead of birds.

Jeremiah 20:16

Let that man be like the cities the Lord destroyed. He had no pity on them. Let him hear shouts of war in the morning; let him hear battle cries at noontime,

Psalm 140:6

Lord, you are my God. Lord, listen to my prayer.

Psalm 142:4

I look around, and I don’t see anyone I know. I have no place to run. There is no one to save me.