21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of oAnathoth, who seek your life, and say, p“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—
18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots eagainst Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor fthe word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
23 Yet you, O Lord, know
all their plotting to kill me.
Forgive not their iniquity,
nor hblot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
deal with them in the time of your anger.
10 For I hear many whispering.
Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
say all my close friends,
watching for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”
16 Then King Zedekiah swore gsecretly to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”
