Jer 18:18 | NETfull | STEP | Then some people said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 18:18

Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him

18 Then some people ^{▼▼ Heb “They.” The referent is unidentified; “some people” has been used in the translation.} said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! ^{▼▼ Heb “Let us make plans against Jeremiah.” See 18:18 where this has sinister overtones as it does here.} There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. ^{▼▼ Heb “Instruction will not perish from priest, counsel from the wise, word from the prophet.”} ^{▼▼ These are the three channels through whom God spoke to his people in the OT. See Jer 8:8–10 and Ezek 7:26.} Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! ^{▼▼ Heb “Let us smite him with our tongues.” It is clear from the context that this involved plots to kill him.} Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”