19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
    they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
    (C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
    that his name be remembered no more.”

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19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”

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10 (A)For I hear many whispering.
    (B)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! (C)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my (D)close friends,
    (E)watching for (F)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then (G)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”

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10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(A) on every side!
    Denounce(B) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(C)
    are waiting for me to slip,(D) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(E) over him
    and take our revenge(F) on him.”

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He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    (A)yet he opened not his mouth;
(B)like a (C)lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, (D)who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?

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He was oppressed(A) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(B)
he was led like a lamb(C) to the slaughter,(D)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression[a] and judgment(E) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(F)
    for the transgression(G) of my people he was punished.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?

18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

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18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans(A) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest(B) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,(C) nor the word from the prophets.(D) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues(E) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

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They say, “Come, (A)let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”

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“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(A) them as a nation,(B)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(C) no more.”

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13 Man does not know its worth,
    and it is not found in (A)the land of the living.

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13 No mortal comprehends its worth;(A)
    it cannot be found in the land of the living.(B)

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10 When the time came, he sent a servant[a] to the tenants, so that (A)they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. (B)But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 (C)And (D)he sent another servant. But they also beat and (E)treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 (F)And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my (G)beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, (H)‘This is the heir. (I)Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they (J)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:10 Or bondservant; also verse 11

10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 12 He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.

13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love;(A) perhaps they will respect him.’

14 “But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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32 The wicked (A)watches for the righteous
    and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not (B)abandon him to his power
    or let him (C)be condemned when he is brought to trial.

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32 The wicked lie in wait(A) for the righteous,(B)
    intent on putting them to death;
33 but the Lord will not leave them in the power of the wicked
    or let them be condemned(C) when brought to trial.(D)

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13 For I (A)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
(B)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

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13 For I hear many whispering,(A)
    “Terror on every side!”(B)
They conspire against me(C)
    and plot to take my life.(D)

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13 I believe that I shall look[a] upon (A)the goodness of the Lord
    in (B)the land of the living!

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  1. Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look

13 I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord(A)
    in the land of the living.(B)

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14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of (A)Deuel;

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14 from Gad,(A) Eliasaph son of Deuel;(B)

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(A)Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in (B)the palace of the high priest, whose name was (C)Caiaphas, (D)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled(A) in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,(B) and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.(C)

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11 I said, I shall not see the Lord,
    the Lord (A)in the land of the living;
I shall look on man no more
    among the inhabitants of the world.

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11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(A)
    in the land of the living;(B)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

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