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
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even …
I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold …
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to …
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out …
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, …
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All …
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the …
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of …
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do …