Jeremiah 18:23

Yet, Lord -Better, But, Lord. They conceal their plots, but God knows, and therefore must punish. Neither blot out ... -Or, “blot not out their sin from before Thy face that they may be made to stumble before Thee.” Thus -Omit this word. Since there is an acceptable time and a day of salvation, so there is a time of anger, and Jeremiah’s prayer is that God would deal with his enemies at such a time, and when therefore no mercy would be shown. On imprecations such as these, seePsalms 109:0introductory note. Though they did not flow from personal vengeance, but from a pure zeal for God’s honor, yet they belong to the legal spirit of the Jewish covenant.