Jeremiah 11:19
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 11 connects to 10 cross-references. God renews the covenant lawsuit: they must obey the words of this covenant. Jeremiah discovers that the people of Anathoth — his own hometown — have plotted to kill him, forbidding him to prophesy. God promises judgment on his persecutors. …
Other Translations
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.
And I <FI>am<Fi> as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.
But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
Cross References
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, …
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I …
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, …
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may …
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.