Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me. Treasury of Scripture Give. Jeremiah 20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that try the righteous, and see the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them... Psalm 55:16,17 As for me, I will call on God; and the LORD shall save me... Psalm 64:1-4 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy... Psalm 56:1-3 Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me... Psalm 109:4,28 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself to prayer... Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me. Luke 6:11,12 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus... hearken. 2 Kings 19:16 LORD, bow down your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see... Nehemiah 4:4,5 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity... Nehemiah 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God...
Context The Plot Against Jeremiah
18Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me. 20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dig a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them. 21Therefore 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. 22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them: for they have dig a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. 23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.
Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
King James Bible
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Young's Literal Translation
Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.
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