Jeremiah 11:19-21

International Children’s Bible

¹⁹Before this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not know they had made plans against me. They said:

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit!
    Let’s kill him!
    Then people will forget him!”
²⁰But, Lord of heaven’s armies, you are a fair judge.
    You know how to test peoples’ hearts and minds.
I will tell you what I have against them.
    And I will let you give them the punishment they should have!

²¹So the Lord speaks about the men from Anathoth who were planning to kill Jeremiah. Those men say, “Don’t prophesy in the name of the Lord. If you do, we will kill you!”

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