17 The Lord of hosts, who (A)planted you, has (B)pronounced 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 by [b](C)offering up sacrifices to Baal.

Plots against Jeremiah

18 Moreover, the Lord (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 plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its [c]fruit,
And (G)let us cut him off from the (H)land of the living,
That his (I)name be remembered no more.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:17 Or done for themselves
  2. Jeremiah 11:17 Or burning incense
  3. Jeremiah 11:19 Lit bread

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,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(G)
    that his name be remembered(H) no more.”

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