Focused Passage

Jeremiah 11:18-20

The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against the Prophet

The chapter moves from a command to proclaim the covenant, to the covenant curse on disobedience, to the LORD's reminder of Israel's Exodus obligation, to Judah's conspiracy of covenant rebellion, to forbidden intercession and rejected cries, to the image of a beautiful olive tree now set on fire, and finally to the plot of Anathoth against Jeremiah and the LORD's announced judgment on them.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

18And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

19For 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.”

20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

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Verse 18

Cross-references

Jeremiah 18:18BSB references Psalms 21:11Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 23:11Classic cross-references 2 Kings 6:9Classic cross-references Ezekiel 8:6Classic cross-references

Original words

And the LORDוַֽיהוָ֥הH3068Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularinformed meהֽוֹדִיעַ֖נִיH3045Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singularso I knewוָֽאֵדָ֑עָהH3045Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularThenאָ֖זH227AdverbYou showed meהִרְאִיתַ֥נִיH7200Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singulartheir deedsמַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃H4611Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 19

Cross-references

Acts 8:32Classic cross-references Psalms 27:13Classic cross-references Isaiah 53:7Classic cross-references Jeremiah 20:10Classic cross-references Acts 23:12Classic cross-references

Original words

For Iוַאֲנִ֕יH589Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singularwas like a gentleאַלּ֖וּףH441Noun - masculine singularlambכְּכֶ֥בֶשׂH3532Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singularledיוּבַ֣לH2986Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto slaughterלִטְב֑וֹחַH2873Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructI did notוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleknowיָדַ֜עְתִּיH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularthatכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthey had plottedחָשְׁב֣וּH2803Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural. . .מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹתH4284Noun - feminine pluralagainst meעָלַ֣י׀H5921Preposition | first person common singularLet us destroyנַשְׁחִ֨יתָהH7843Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralthe treeעֵ֤ץH6086Noun - masculine singularwith its fruitבְּלַחְמוֹ֙H3899Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularlet us cut him offוְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙H3772Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singularfrom the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץH776Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructof the livingחַיִּ֔יםH2416Adjective - masculine pluralthat his nameוּשְׁמ֖וֹH8034Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularmay be rememberedיִזָּכֵ֥רH2142Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularnoלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlemoreעֽוֹד׃H5750Adverb

Verse 20

Cross-references

Jeremiah 17:10Classic cross-references Psalms 139:23Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 28:9Classic cross-references Psalms 7:9Classic cross-references Jeremiah 20:12Classic cross-references

Original words

O LORDוַֽיהוָ֤הH3068Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָאוֹת֙H6635Noun - common pluralwho judgesשֹׁפֵ֣טH8199Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructrighteouslyצֶ֔דֶקH6664Noun - masculine singularwho examinesבֹּחֵ֥ןH974Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe heartכְּלָי֖וֹתH3629Noun - feminine pluraland mindוָלֵ֑בH3820Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularlet me seeאֶרְאֶ֤הH7200Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singularYour vengeanceנִקְמָֽתְךָ֙H5360Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularupon themמֵהֶ֔םPreposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralforכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionto Youאֵלֶ֖יךָH413Preposition | second person masculine singularI have committedגִּלִּ֥יתִיH1540Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markermy causeרִיבִֽי׃סH7379Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

BSB notes

Hebrew the kidneys

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