Jeremiah 18:20
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
רַע
evil
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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עַל
on/ them
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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זָכַר
remember
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זָכַר
To remember, to be mindful. Zakar. What is man that You are mindful of him? God thinks about you. That is the miracle.
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תַּחַת
in place of
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תַּחַת
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
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עָמַד
standing/ my
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עָמַד
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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כָּרָה
they have dug
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כָּרָה
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
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חֵמָה
rage/ your
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חֵמָה
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
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שׁוּחָה
a pit
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שׁוּחָה
a chasm
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