21. "Therefore the LORD says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, 'You shall not prophesy in The LORD's name, that you not die by our hand;'

22. therefore the LORD of Hosts says, 'Behold, I will punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.

23. There will be no remnant to them, for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.'"

18. Then they said, "Come, and let us devise plans against JEREMIAH; for the law won't perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."

19. Give heed to me, The LORD,and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

20. Should evil be recompensed for good?For they have dug a pit for my soul.Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them,to turn away your wrath from them.

21. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,and give them over to the power of the sword.Let their wives become childless, and widows.Let their men be killed,and their young men struck by the sword in battle.

22. Let a cry be heard from their houses,when you bring a troop suddenly on them;for they have dug a pit to take me,and hidden snares for my feet.

23. Yet, The LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me.Don't forgive their iniquity.Don't blot out their sin from your sight,Let them be overthrown before you.Deal with them in the time of your anger.