Jeremiah 11:18-20

New Century Version

Evil Plans Against Jeremiah

¹⁸The Lord showed me that people were making plans against me. Because he showed me what they were doing, I knew they were against me. ¹⁹Before this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not know they had made plans against me, saying:

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit.
    Let’s kill him so people will forget him.”
²⁰But, Lord All-Powerful, you are a fair judge.
    You know how to test peoples’ hearts and minds.
I have told you what I have against them.
    So let me see you give them the punishment they deserve.

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