Jeremiah 18:23
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
The prayer is uttered concerning men who were forming counsel to take the prophet's life. It voices his inward grief of heart at the transgression of his own people. It stands among his most moving entreaties calling them back to God, entreaties the great body of the people answered with complete unresponsiveness.
It is a terrible condemnation of sin whose sense is unmistakably plain. In asking that their wrongdoing not be pardoned and their sin not be wiped from divine sight, it reveals that human deeds are written down before God and can be retained on the record to meet judgment.