Jeremiah 17:18 “Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame.…”

Jeremiah 17:18

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

World English Bible

Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

American Standard Version

Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them bee confounded, that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be afraide, but let not me be afraide: bring vpon them the day of aduersitie, and destroy them with double destruction.

Darby Translation

Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking.

Young's Literal Translation

Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed — me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted — me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time [with] destruction destroy them.

Bible in Basic English

Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

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Cross references

“confounded”

Psalm 35:4 Psalm 40:14 Jeremiah 20:11 Psalm 70:2 Psalm 35:26 Psalm 35:27

Psalm 35:4 · BSB

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Psalm 40:14 · BSB

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Jeremiah 20:11 · BSB

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never…

Psalm 70:2 · BSB

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Psalm 35:26 · BSB

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalm 35:27 · BSB

May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

“but let not me be confounded”

Psalm 71:1 Psalm 25:2 Psalm 25:3

Psalm 71:1 · BSB

In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Psalm 25:2 · BSB

in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

Psalm 25:3 · BSB

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

“the day”

Jeremiah 17:16 Jeremiah 18:19–23

Jeremiah 17:16 · BSB

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Jeremiah 18:19–23 · BSB

Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

“destroy them with double destruction”

Jeremiah 11:20 Jeremiah 16:18 Revelation 18:6 Job 16:14 Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah 11:20 · BSB

O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

Jeremiah 16:18 · BSB

And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

Revelation 18:6 · BSB

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Job 16:14 · BSB

He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.

Jeremiah 14:17 · BSB

You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.

Also

Psalm 35:8

Psalm 35:8 · BSB

May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

19This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

Read Jeremiah 17