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Jeremiah 11:19
Jeremiah 11:19 is verse 19 of Jeremiah chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.”
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.”
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Jeremiah 11:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
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.”
20 O 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.
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Isaiah 53:7He 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.
Jeremiah 18:18Then 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 words.”
Jeremiah 20:10For 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 vengeance upon him.”
Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Psalms 37:33the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Matthew 26:3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Isaiah 53:8By 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.
Daniel 9:26Then 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 there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
Luke 20:10At 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.
Luke 20:11So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
Luke 20:12Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
Luke 20:13‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
Luke 20:14But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Job 28:13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 52:5Surely 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
Psalms 116:9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 38:11I 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.
Numbers 1:14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;