Jeremiah 18:18

New International Reader's Version

They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

David had been told, “Ahithophel, along with Absalom, is one of the people making secret plans against you.” So David prayed, “Lord, make Ahithophel’s advice look foolish.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed. They said, “The advice of Hushai, the Arkite, is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” The Lord had decided that Ahithophel’s good advice would fail. The Lord wanted to bring horrible trouble on Absalom.

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. Zedekiah asked Micaiah, “Do you think the spirit sent by the Lord left me? Do you think that spirit went to speak to you?”

2 Chronicles 24:21

But the people made evil plans against Zechariah. The king ordered them to kill Zechariah by throwing stones at him. They did it in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

Job 5:13

Some people think they are so wise. But God catches them in their own tricks. He sweeps away the evil plans of sinful people.

Psalm 21:11

Your enemies make evil plans against you. They think up evil things to do. But they can’t succeed.

Psalm 52:2

You plan ways to destroy others. Your tongue is like a blade that has a sharp edge. You are always telling lies.

Psalm 57:4

Men who are like lions are all around me. I am forced to lie down among people who are like hungry animals. Their teeth are like spears and arrows. Their tongues are like sharp swords.

Psalm 64:3

They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.

Proverbs 18:21

Your tongue has the power of life and death. Those who love to talk will eat the fruit of their words.

Isaiah 32:7

Those who are worthless use sinful methods. They make evil plans against poor people. They destroy them with their lies. They do it even when those people are right.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you. But they will not win the battle over you. I am with you. I will save you,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said, “Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

Jeremiah 18:11

“So speak to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Tell them, ‘The Lord says, “Look! I am making plans against you. I am going to bring trouble on you. So each one of you must turn from your evil ways. Change the way you live and act.” ’

Jeremiah 18:19

Lord, please listen to me! Hear what my enemies are saying about me!

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who taught my law did not know me. The leaders refused to obey me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal. They worshiped worthless statues of gods.

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many people whispering, “There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying, “Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”

Jeremiah 26:11

Then the priests and prophets spoke to the officials and all the people. They said, “This man should be sentenced to death. He has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”

Jeremiah 37:13

He got as far as the Benjamin Gate. But the captain of the guard arrested him. He said, “You are going over to the side of the Babylonians!” The captain’s name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah. Shelemiah was the son of Hananiah.

Jeremiah 43:2

After that, Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, spoke to Jeremiah. And all the proud men joined them. They said, “You are lying! The Lord our God hasn’t sent you to speak to us. He hasn’t told you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt and make your homes there.’

Jeremiah 44:16

“We won’t listen to the message you have spoken to us in the Lord’s name!

Jeremiah 44:17

We will certainly do everything we said we would. We’ll burn incense to the female god called the Queen of Heaven. We’ll pour out drink offerings to her. We’ll do just as we and our people of long ago have done. Our kings and our officials also did it. All of us did it in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food. We were well off. We didn’t suffer any harm.

Jeremiah 8:8

“ ‘ “How can you people say, ‘We are wise. We have the law of the Lord’? Actually, the teachers of the law have told lies about it. Their pens have not written what is true.

Lamentations 3:62

You have heard my enemies whispering among themselves. They speak against me all day long.

Ezekiel 7:26

Trouble after trouble will come. One report will follow another. But they will not be true. The people will go searching for a vision from the prophets. But there will not be any. The teaching of the law by the priests will be gone. Advice from the elders will come to an end.

Leviticus 10:11

Then you will be able to teach the Israelites all the rules I have given them through Moses.”

Micah 3:6

So night will come on the prophets. But they will not have any visions. Darkness will cover them. But they will not be able to figure out what is going to happen. The sun will set on the prophets. The day will become dark for them.

Micah 3:7

Those who see visions will be put to shame. Those who try to figure out what is going to happen will be dishonored. All of them will cover their faces. I will not answer them.”

Malachi 2:7

“The lips of a priest should guard knowledge. After all, he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all. And people seek instruction from his mouth.

Luke 11:45

An authority on the law spoke to Jesus. He said, “Teacher, when you say things like that, you say bad things about us too.”

John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this. They asked, “What? Are we blind too?”