Jeremiah 11:19

And I was as a meek lamb, that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised counsels against me, saying: Let us put wood on his bread, and cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 thou, O Lord, hast shewn me, and I have known: then thou shewedst me their doings.

20But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:14Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.

Psalms 27:13I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalms 35:15But they rejoiced against me, and came together : scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew not.

Psalms 52:5Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

Psalms 109:13May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.

Psalms 116:9dummy verses inserted by amos

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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