Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? In the particulars here specified Jeremiah was a type of Jesus Christ (Psalms 109:4; ).

They have digged a pit for my soul - my life; me (). I stood before thee to speak ... for them, and to turn away thy wrath - so "Moses, His chosen, stood before Him in the breach, to, turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them" (; cf. ). So Jesus Christ, the antitype of previous partial intercessors ().