Jeremiah 11:17-19
Legacy Standard Bible
17 Yahweh of hosts, who (A)planted you, has (B)spoken forth evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have [a]done to provoke Me to anger by (C)burning incense to Baal.
Men Seek Jeremiah’s Life
18 Moreover, Yahweh (D)made it known to me, and I knew it;
Then You showed me their deeds.
19 But I was like a gentle (E)lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had (F)devised thoughts against me, saying,
“Let us make the tree with its [b]fruit a ruin,
And (G)let us cut him off from the (H)land of the living,
That his (I)name be remembered no more.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 11:17 Or done for themselves
- Jeremiah 11:19 Lit bread
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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