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Jeremiah 11:18-19 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 11 · verses 18–19
18And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. 19But 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.Jeremiah 11:18-19 · King James Version
Jeremiah 11:18-19 in context
16The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
17For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
19But 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.
20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
21Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- knowledgeyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- slaughterṭâbachto slaughterH2873 →
- shewedstrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- broughtyâbalproperly, to flowH2986 →
- devisedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- devicesmachăshâbâha contrivanceH4284 →
- destroyshâchathto decayH7843 →
- fruitlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
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The prophet Jeremiah has much in his writings concerning himself, much more than Isaiah had, the times he lived in being very troublesome. Here we have (as it should seem) the beginning of his sorrows, which arose from the people of his own city, Anathoth, a priest's city, and yet a malignant one. Observe here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-23