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Men Seek Jeremiah’s Life

18 Moreover, Yahweh (A)made it known to me, and I knew it;
Then You showed me their deeds.
19 But I was like a gentle (B)lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had (C)devised thoughts against me, saying,
“Let us make the tree with its [a]fruit a ruin,
And (D)let us cut him off from the (E)land of the living,
That his (F)name be remembered no more.”
20 But, O Yahweh of hosts, who (G)judges righteously,
Who (H)tests the [b]insides and the heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You have I revealed my case.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:19 Lit bread
  2. Jeremiah 11:20 Lit kidneys