Jeremiah 11:19 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 11:19

For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

BSB

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ASV

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led 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.

KJV

But 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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But I was like a lamb, or an ox,.... The word "alluph", rendered an ox, is by many considered as an adjective to the word lamb (n); since the disjunctive particle or is not in the next; and is differently translated; by the Vulgate Latin version, "as a meek or tame lamb"; by the Septuagint and Arabic versions, "as an harmless lamb": and by the Syriac version, "as a pure" or "clean lamb"; and by the Targum, "as a choice lamb;'' and so R.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Let us destroy - We have no other mention of this conspiracy, but it is plain both from this verse, and what follows, that the men of Anathoth (which was Jeremiah's own town) were offended at his prophesying, and had conspired to kill him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Like a lamb or an ox - Rather, “like a tame lamb.” Jeremiah had lived at Anathoth as one of the family, never suspecting that, like a tame lamb, the time would come for him to be killed. The tree with the fruit thereof - The words are those of a proverb or dark saying. All the Churches agree in understanding that under the person of Jeremiah these things are said by Christ.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲנִ֕י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
כְּכֶ֥בֶשׂ	ke.Khe.ves	[had been] like a lamb	H3532 →
אַלּ֖וּף	'a.Luf	a tame one	H441 →
יוּבַ֣ל	yu.Val	[which] it is led	H2986 →
לִטְב֑וֹחַ	lit.Vo.ach	to slaughter	H2873 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יָדַ֜עְתִּי	ya.Da'.ti	I knew	H3045 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
עָלַ֣י׀	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
חָשְׁב֣וּ	cha.she.Vu	they had planned	H2803 →
מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹת	ma.cha.sha.Vot	plans	H4284 →
נַשְׁחִ֨יתָה	nash.Chi.tah	let us destroy	H7843 →
עֵ֤ץ	'etz	[the] tree	H6086 →
בְּלַחְמוֹ֙	be.lach.Mo	with bread its	H3899 →
וְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙	ve.nikh.re.Te.nu	and let us cut off him	H3772 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from [the] land of	H776 →
חַיִּ֔ים	chai.Yim	[the] living	H2416 →
וּשְׁמ֖וֹ	u.she.Mo	and name his	H8034 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִזָּכֵ֥ר	yi.za.Kher	may it be remembered	H2142 →
עֽוֹד׃	od	again	H5750 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us…
leads to
- Psalms 52:2
  Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Through
Psalms 83:4
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:2
  There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will…
- Esther 3:6–9
  And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of…
- Psalms 74:8
  They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
Through
Psalms 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
leads to
- Jeremiah 20:10
  For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that…
Through
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that…
leads to
- Psalms 41:9
  Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 31:13
  For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah