Jeremiah 11:19

And I was like a meek lamb, who is being carried to be a victim. And I did not realize that they had devised plans against me, saying: “Let us place wood upon his bread, and let us eradicate him from the land of the living, and let his name no longer be remembered.”

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In The King James Version

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

In Context

18But you, O Lord, have revealed this to me, and I have understood. Then you displayed their efforts to me.

20But you, O Lord of hosts, who judges justly, and who tests the temperament and the heart, let me see your vengeance against them. For I have revealed my case to you.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:14of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Reuel;

Psalms 52:5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:19-23

Conspiracy against Jeremiah; Destruction of the Men of Anathoth. ( b. c. 606.) 18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou showedst me their doings. 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the… Read the whole commentary →

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