Jeremiah 18:16-18

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁶Thus they make their land an object of horror
and ongoing ridicule.
Passers-by shake their heads,
appalled, every one.
¹⁷Like a strong east wind, I will scatter them
before the enemy.
I will see their back, not their face,
on their day of disaster.’”

¹⁸Then they said, “Let’s develop a plan for dealing with Yirmeyahu. Torah won’t be lost from the cohanim, or counsel from the wise, or words from the prophets. So come, let’s destroy him with slander; and meanwhile, we won’t pay attention to anything he says.”

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