Jeremiah 18:20 Cross References - ISV

²⁰ Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them.

²² Then two of the men turned away from there and walked toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing in the presence of the LORD.
²³ Abraham Negotiates with GodAbraham approached and asked, “Will you actually destroy the righteous along with the wicked? ²⁴ Perhaps there are 50 righteous ones within the city. Will you actually destroy it and not forgive the place for the sake of the 50 righteous that are found there? ²⁵ Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! The Judge of all the earth will do what is right, won’t he?”
²⁶ The LORD said, “If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I’ll forgive the whole place for their sake.”
²⁷ Abraham answered, “Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I’ve ventured to speak to my LORD. ²⁸ What if there are five less than 50 righteous ones? Will you bring destruction upon the city because of those five?”
The LORD said, “I won’t destroy it if I find 45 there.”
²⁹ Abraham continued to speak to him, asking, “What if 40 are found there?”
The LORD replied, “I won’t do it for the sake of those 40.”
³⁰ Abraham then asked, “I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak. What if 30 are found there?”
The LORD answered, “I won’t do it for the sake of those 30.”
³¹ “Look,” Abraham said, “I’ve presumed to speak to my LORD… so what if 20 are found there?”
“For the sake of those 20,” the LORD responded, “I won’t destroy it.”
³² Finally, Abraham inquired, “I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak only once more. What if ten are found there?”
He replied, “For the sake of those ten I won’t destroy it.”

¹⁷ to David, “You are more righteous than I am, because you have treated me well even though I’ve treated you poorly. ¹⁸ You have explained how you treated me well, in that the LORD delivered me into your hand but you didn’t kill me. ¹⁹ For who would find his enemy and then send him away safely? May the LORD repay you for what you have done for me today.

²⁷ Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan; and barter to buy your friend!

¹⁵ He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

⁷ Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

¹² They paid me back evil for good; my soul mourns.

²⁰ They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

⁶ They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

²³ He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.

⁴ Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer. ⁵ They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.

⁹⁵ The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.

¹³ The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.

²⁷ Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling.

⁸ Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may suffer a snake bite.

¹⁶ “As for you, don’t pray on behalf of this people, don’t cry or offer a petition for them, and don’t plead with me, for I won’t listen to you.

¹⁴ “Jeremiah, don’t pray for this people and don’t cry or pray for them. I won’t listen when they cry out to me because of their disaster.

⁷ The People Cry for HelpLORD, even though our iniquities testify against us, do something for the sake of your name. Indeed, our apostasies are many, and we have sinned against you. ⁸ Hope of Israel, its deliverer in time of trouble, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who sets up his tent for a night? ⁹ Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a strong man who can’t deliver? You are among us, LORD, and your name is the one by which we’re called. Don’t abandon us!
¹⁰ God Responds to the ProphetThis is what the LORD says to these people: “Yes, they do love to wander, and they haven’t restrained their feet. So the LORD won’t accept them now. He will remember their iniquity and punish their sin.”
¹¹ Then the LORD told me, “Don’t pray for the welfare of these people.

²⁰ We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our ancestors. Indeed, we have sinned against you.

²² Let a cry be heard from their houses because you have brought a raiding party against them suddenly. For they have dug a pit to capture me and have set traps for my feet.

³⁰ I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won’t be destroyed, but I found no one, ³¹ so I poured my indignation over them. With my fierce anger, I’ve consumed them. I brought the consequences of their behavior upon them,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

¹ The Vision of the High PriestThen I saw Joshua the High Priest standing in the presence of the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right to oppose him.
² The LORD told Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan—in fact, may the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! This man is a burning brand plucked from the fire, is he not?”

³² Jesus replied to them, “I’ve shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?”

²⁵ But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: ‘They hated me for no reason.’