Jeremiah 18:20
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Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
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They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.