Jeremiah 11:17-19
Christian Standard Bible
17 “The Lord of Armies who planted you(A) has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster[a] the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.”
18 The Lord informed me, so I knew.
Then you helped me to see their deeds,
19 for I was like a docile[b] lamb led to slaughter.(B)
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;[c]
let’s cut him off from the land of the living(C)
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
Jeremiah 11:17-19
New International Version
17 The Lord Almighty, who planted(A) you, has decreed disaster(B) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused(C) my anger by burning incense to Baal.(D)
Plot Against Jeremiah
18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(E) I did not realize that they had plotted(F) against me, saying,
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