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

21 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of (H)Anathoth, who (I)seek your life, saying, “(J)Do not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, so that you will not (K)die at our hand”;

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Footnotes

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