Jeremiah 11:20

But, O Yahweh of hosts Who judgest righteously, Who triest affections and intellect,—Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I revealed my cause.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter,—and I knew not that against me, they had devised devices [saying] —Let us destroy the tree with its fruit Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And, his name, shall be remembered no more!

21Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh Concerning the men of Anathoth, who are seeking thy life, saying,—Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, So shalt thou not die by our hand:

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee! to do after this manner. to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike, Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth not do justice?

1 Samuel 24:15Therefore shall, Yahweh, become, judge, and do justice betwixt me and thee,—that he may see, and plead my cause, and justly deliver me out of thy hand.

1 Chronicles 28:9Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,—If thou seek him, He will be found of thee, but, if thou forsake him, He will cast thee off for ever.

Job 5:8Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause:—

Psalms 7:10My shield, is held by God, who is ready to save the upright in heart:

Psalms 35:2Grasp buckler and shield, and arise in my help;

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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