Jeremiah 11:19 “For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that the…”

Jeremiah 11:19

For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.

Darby Translation

And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they 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.

Young's Literal Translation

And I [am] 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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“I was”

Proverbs 7:22 Isaiah 53:7

Proverbs 7:22 · BSB

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

Isaiah 53:7 · BSB

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

“and I”

Jeremiah 20:10 Jeremiah 18:18 Psalm 31:13 Isaiah 32:7 Psalm 35:15 Psalm 37:32

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Isaiah 32:7 · BSB

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Psalm 35:15 · BSB

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Psalm 37:32 · BSB

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

“destroy”

Psalm 83:4 Luke 20:10–15 Daniel 9:26 Isaiah 53:8

Psalm 83:4 · BSB

saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Luke 20:10–15 · BSB

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

Daniel 9:26 · BSB

Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end th…

Isaiah 53:8 · BSB

By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

“from”

Job 28:13 Psalm 27:13 Psalm 116:9 Psalm 52:5 Psalm 142:5

Job 28:13 · BSB

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

Psalm 27:13 · BSB

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 116:9 · BSB

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 52:5 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 142:5 · BSB

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

“that his”

Numbers 1:14 Psalm 109:13 Isaiah 38:11 Psalm 112:6 Proverbs 10:7

Numbers 1:14 · BSB

from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

Psalm 109:13 · BSB

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Isaiah 38:11 · BSB

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

Psalm 112:6 · BSB

Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

Proverbs 10:7 · BSB

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

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