Jeremiah 11:19

וַאֲנִי כְּכֶבֶשׂ אַלּוּף יוּבַל לִטְבוֹחַ וְלֹֽא ־ יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי ־ עָלַי ׀ חָשְׁבוּ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת נַשְׁחִיתָה עֵץ בְּלַחְמוֹ וְנִכְרְתֶנּוּ מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים וּשְׁמוֹ לֹֽא ־ יִזָּכֵר עֽוֹד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

18וַֽיהוָה הֽוֹדִיעַנִי וָֽאֵדָעָה אָז הִרְאִיתַנִי מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם ׃

20וַֽיהוָה צְבָאוֹת שֹׁפֵט צֶדֶק בֹּחֵן כְּלָיוֹת וָלֵב אֶרְאֶה נִקְמָֽתְךָ מֵהֶם כִּי אֵלֶיךָ גִּלִּיתִי אֶת ־ רִיבִֽי ׃ ס

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Cross References

Numbers 1:14לְגָד אֶלְיָסָף בֶּן ־ דְּעוּאֵֽל ׃

Psalms 27:13לׅוּלֵׅאׅ הֶאֱמַנְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּֽטוּב ־ יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ חַיִּֽים ׃

Psalms 35:15וּבְצַלְעִי שָׂמְחוּ וְֽנֶאֱסָפוּ נֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי נֵכִים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי קָֽרְעוּ וְלֹא ־ דָֽמּוּ ׃

Psalms 52:5אָהַבְתָּ רָּע מִטּוֹב שֶׁקֶר ׀ מִדַּבֵּר צֶדֶק סֶֽלָה ׃

Psalms 109:13יְהִֽי ־ אַחֲרִיתוֹ לְהַכְרִית בְּדוֹר אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָֽם ׃

Psalms 116:9אֶתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בְּאַרְצוֹת הַֽחַיִּֽים ׃

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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