19 But I was like a gentle (A)lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had (B)devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its [a]fruit,
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 Lord of hosts, who (F)judges righteously,
Who (G)tries the [b]feelings and the heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You have I [c]committed my cause.

21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (H)Anathoth, who (I)seek your life, saying, “(J)Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, 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
  3. Jeremiah 11:20 Lit revealed