Jeremiah 11:20

But O Lord of hostes, that iudgest righteously, and triest the reines and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for vnto thee haue I opened my cause.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

In Context

19But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.

21The Lord therefore speaketh thus of the men of Anathoth, (that seeke thy life, and say, Prophecie not in the Name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hands)

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Be it farre from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

1 Samuel 24:15After whom is the King of Israel come out? after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.

Job 5:8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

Psalms 7:10My defence is in God, who preserueth the vpright in heart.

Psalms 35:2Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe.

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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