The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 11 Conspiracy against Jeremiah

 The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 11

Conspiracy against Jeremiah

18 And the Lord made it known to me, and I knew it; then you showed me their actions.

19 And I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; for I did not know that they devised plans against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut it off from the land of the living, so that its name may be remembered no more.”

20 But, O Lord of hosts, righteous Judge, who tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them; for to you I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hands.”

22 Yes, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will punish them: their young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die of famine.”

23 And there will be no remnant of them, for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their visitation.