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.
Jeremiah 11:19 in other translations
| BSB | 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.” |
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| WEB | 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.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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 its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. |
What does Jeremiah 11:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 11:18-19
18-19. Jeremiah here digresses to notice the attempt on his life plotted by his townsmen of Anathoth. He had no suspicion of it, until Jehovah revealed it to him (Jr 12:6). the Lord ... thou--The change of person from the third to the second accords with the excited feelings of the prophet. then--when I was in peril of my life. their doings--those of the men of Anathoth. His thus alluding to them, before he has…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-23
The prophet Jeremiah tells much concerning himself, the times he lived in being very troublesome. Those of his own city plotted how they might cause his death. They thought to end his days, but he outlived most of his enemies; they thought to blast his memory, but it lives to this day, and will be blessed while time lasts. God knows all the secret designs of his and his people's enemies, and can, when he pleases…
Jeremiah 11:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 11:19
- Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Isaiah 53:7-8
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
- Psalms 83:4
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- Job 28:13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
- Psalms 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Numbers 1:14
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
- Luke 20:10-15
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. …
- Psalms 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
- Psalms 37:32-33
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.
- Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pr 7:22; Isa 53:7
and I.
18:18; 20:10; Ps 31:13; 35:15; 37:32,33; Isa 32:7; Mt 26:3,4
destroy."Let us kill the prophet, and burn his prophecies." tree with the fruit. Heb. stalk with his bread. let us cut.
Ps 83:4; Isa 53:8; Da 9:26; Lu 20:10-15
from.
Job 28:13; Ps 27:13; 52:5; 116:9; 142:5
that his.
Ps 109:13; 112:6; Pr 10:7; Isa 38:11; Nu 1:14
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Context
- Jeremiah 11:18
And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 11:20
But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 11:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y yo como cordero inocente que llevan á degollar, pues no entendía que maquinaban contra mí designios, diciendo: Destruyamos el árbol con su fruto, y cortémoslo de la tierra de los vivientes, y no haya más memoria de su nombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et moi j’étais comme un agneau familier qui est mené à la tuerie; et je ne savais pas qu’ils faisaient des complots contre moi, disant: Détruisons l’arbre avec son fruit, et retranchons-le de la terre des vivants, afin qu’on ne se souvienne plus de son nom. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich war wie ein zahmes Lamm, das zum Schlachten geführt wird; und ich wußte nicht, daß sie Anschläge wider mich ersannen: "Laßt uns den Baum mit seiner Frucht verderben und ihn aus dem Lande der Lebendigen ausrotten, daß seines Namens nicht mehr gedacht werde!" |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ego quasi agnus mansuetus, qui portatur ad victimam: et non cognovi quia cogitaverunt super me consilia, dicentes: Mittamus lignum in panem ejus, et eradamus eum de terra viventium, et nomen ejus non memoretur amplius. |