Jeremiah 11:18-23

New American Standard Bible

Plots against Jeremiah

¹⁸Moreover, the Lord ^(A)made it known to me and I knew it;
Then You showed me their deeds.
¹⁹But I was like a gentle ^(B)lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had ^(C)devised plots against me, saying,
“Let’s destroy the tree with its ^[a]fruit,
And ^(D)let’s cut him off from the ^(E)land of the living,
So that his ^(F)name will no longer be remembered.”
²⁰But, Lord of armies, who ^(G)judges righteously,
Who ^(H)puts the ^[b]feelings and the heart to the test,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You I have ^[c]committed my cause.

²¹Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the people of ^(I)Anathoth, who are ^(J)seeking your life, saying: “^(K)Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you do not ^(L)die by our hand”; ²²therefore, this is what the Lord of armies says: “Behold, I am going to ^(M)punish them! The ^(N)young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine; ²³and a remnant ^(O)will not be left to them, because I will ^(P)bring disaster on the people of Anathoth—^(Q)the year of their punishment.”