Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Give heed to me, O LORD"
Text: Jeremiah 18:19
AN IMPRECATORY PRAYER I
Jeremiah’s response was to pray to God when he learned about how his enemies planned to persecute him. His prayer had strong undertones of imprecatory elements.
“Give heed to me, O LORD,
And listen to the voice of those who contend with me!
Shall evil be repaid for good?
For they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember that I stood before You
To speak good for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
And pour out their blood
By the force of the sword;
Let their wives become widows
And bereaved of their children.
Let their men be put to death,
Their young men be slain
By the sword in battle.”
Jeremiah 18:19-21