Jeremiah 18:16-20

To make their land a desolation, An object of perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.

‘Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their disaster.’ ”

Then they said, “Come and let’s devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor advice by the wise, nor the divine word by the prophet! Come, and let’s strike at him with our tongue, and let’s pay no attention to any of his words.”

Give Your attention to me, Lord, And listen to what my opponents are saying!

Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good in their behalf, So as to turn Your wrath away from them.