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19 But I was like a gentle (A)lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had (B)devised thoughts against me, saying,
“Let us make the tree with its [a]fruit a ruin,
And (C)let us cut him off from the (D)land of the living,
That his (E)name be remembered no more.”

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  1. Jeremiah 11:19 Lit bread

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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23 Yet You, O Yahweh, know
All their [a]deadly counsel against me;
(A)Do not atone for their iniquity
Or blot out their sin from before You.
But may they be [b](B)overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the (C)time of Your anger!

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  1. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit unto death
  2. Jeremiah 18:23 Lit ones made to stumble

23 But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill(A) me.
Do not forgive(B) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.(C)

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Mem

13 Because of the sins of her (A)prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The (B)blood of the righteous;

Nun

14 They wandered, (C)blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with (D)blood
So that no one could touch their (E)garments.

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13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
    and the iniquities of her priests,(A)
who shed within her
    the blood(B) of the righteous.

14 Now they grope through the streets
    as if they were blind.(C)
They are so defiled with blood(D)
    that no one dares to touch their garments.

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35 And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again he (A)sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

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35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.(A) 36 Then he sent other servants(B) to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.

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34 (A)On account of this, behold, (B)I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will (C)flog in your synagogues, and (D)persecute from city to city, 35 so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (E)Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the (F)son of Berechiah, whom (G)you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

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34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(A) others you will flog in your synagogues(B) and pursue from town to town.(C) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(D) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(E) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(F)

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20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to (A)ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

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20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.(A)

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