Jeremiah 18:18

Then some people ¹  said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! ²  There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. ³  Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! ⁴  Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

Le 10:11; 2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 17:14; 1Ki 22:24; Job 5:13; Ps 21:11; Ps 52:2; Ps 57:4; Ps 64:3; Pr 18:21; Isa 32:7; Jer 5:12,13; Jer 11:19; Jer 13:13,14; Jer 14:14-16; Jer 18:11; Jer 26:11; Jer 29:25-29; Jer 43:2; Jer 44:17; Mic 2:1-3; Mal 2:7; Lu 11:45; Joh 7:47-49; Joh 9:40

¹ tn Heb “They.” The referent is unidentified; “some people” has been used in the translation.

² tn Heb “Let us make plans against Jeremiah.” See 18:18 where this has sinister overtones as it does here.

³ tn Heb “Instruction will not perish from priest, counsel from the wise, word from the prophet.”

sn These are the three channels through whom God spoke to his people in the OT. See Jer 8:8-10 and Ezek 7:26.

⁴ tn Heb “Let us smite him with our tongues.” It is clear from the context that this involved plots to kill him.