HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THEM THAT CONTEND WITH ME

 JEREMIAH 18:19-23

GIVE HEED TO ME, O LORD, 

AND 

HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF 

THEM THAT CONTEND WITH ME. 

SHALL EVIL 

BE RECOMPENSED FOR GOOD? 

FOR THEY HAVE 

DIGGED A PIT FOR MY SOUL. 

REMEMBER THAT I STOOD 

BEFORE THEE TO SPEAK 

GOOD FOR THEM, 

AND TO TURN AWAY 

THY WRATH FROM THEM. 

THEREFORE DELIVER UP THEIR 

CHILDREN TO THE FAMINE, 

AND POUR OUT THEIR 

BLOOD BY THE FORCE 

OF THE SWORD; 

AND LET THEIR WIVES 

BE BEREAVED OF THEIR 

CHILDREN, AND BE WIDOWS; 

AND 

LET THEIR MEN BE PUT TO DEATH; 

LET THEIR YOUNG MEN 

BE SLAIN BY THE SWORD IN BATTLE. 

LET A CRY BE HEARD FROM 

THEIR HOUSES, 

WHEN THOU SHALT BRING 

A TROOP SUDDENLY UPON THEM: 

FOR THEY HAVE DIGGED 

A PIT TO TAKE ME, 

AND 

HID SNARES FOR MY FEET. 

YET, LORD, THOU KNOWEST ALL 

THEIR COUNSEL AGAINST ME 

TO SLAY ME: 

FORGIVE NOT THEIR INIQUITY, 

NEITHER BLOT OUT THEIR 

SIN FROM THY SIGHT, 

BUT LET THEM BE 

OVERTHROWN BEFORE THEE; 

DEAL THUS WITH THEM 

IN THE TIME OF THINE ANGER.

LOVE