Jeremiah 11:19

17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
KJV
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.
WEB
But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”
ASV
But I was like a gentle lamb that is led 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.
DARBY
And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they 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.
BLB
And I [was] docile like a lamb brought to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name will not be remembered anymore.
ÅB
Og jeg var som et spakferdig lam som føres bort for å slaktes, og jeg visste ikke at de hadde uttenkt onde råd mot meg og sagt: La oss ødelegge treet med dets frukt og utrydde ham av de levendes land, så ingen mere kommer hans navn i hu!
OTB
Jeg var som et mildt lam ført til slakting; jeg innså ikke at de hadde planlagt mot meg, og sa, “La oss ødelegge treet med dets frukt; la oss kutte ham av fra de levendes land, så hans navn ikke blir husket mer.”
B1930
Og jeg var som et spakferdig lam som føres bort for å slaktes, og jeg visste ikke at de hadde uttenkt onde råd mot mig og sagt: La oss ødelegge treet med dets frukt og utrydde ham av de levendes land, så ingen mere kommer hans navn i hu!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

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  • Isaiah 53:7–8

    He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

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  • Psalms 83:4

    saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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  • Jeremiah 18:18

    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

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  • Job 28:13

    No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

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  • Psalms 31:13

    For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

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  • Numbers 1:14

    from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

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  • Luke 20:10–15

    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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