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

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

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.”

20 O 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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References and Original Words

Verse 18

Cross-references

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

Original words

And the LORD וַֽיהוָ֥ה H3068 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular informed me הֽוֹדִיעַ֖נִי H3045 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular so I knew וָֽאֵדָ֑עָה H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Then אָ֖ז H227 Adverb You showed me הִרְאִיתַ֥נִי H7200 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular their deeds מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ H4611 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 19

Cross-references

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

Original words

For I וַאֲנִ֕י H589 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular was like a gentle אַלּ֖וּף H441 Noun - masculine singular lamb כְּכֶ֥בֶשׂ H3532 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular led יוּבַ֣ל H2986 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to slaughter לִטְב֑וֹחַ H2873 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct I did not וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle know יָדַ֜עְתִּי H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction they had plotted חָשְׁב֣וּ H2803 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural . . . מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹת H4284 Noun - feminine plural against me עָלַ֣י׀ H5921 Preposition | first person common singular Let us destroy נַשְׁחִ֨יתָה H7843 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural the tree עֵ֤ץ H6086 Noun - masculine singular with its fruit בְּלַחְמוֹ֙ H3899 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular let us cut him off וְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙ H3772 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular from the land מֵאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of the living חַיִּ֔ים H2416 Adjective - masculine plural that his name וּשְׁמ֖וֹ H8034 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular may be remembered יִזָּכֵ֥ר H2142 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle more עֽוֹד׃ H5750 Adverb

Verse 20

Cross-references

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

Original words

O LORD וַֽיהוָ֤ה H3068 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָאוֹת֙ H6635 Noun - common plural who judges שֹׁפֵ֣ט H8199 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct righteously צֶ֔דֶק H6664 Noun - masculine singular who examines בֹּחֵ֥ן H974 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the heart כְּלָי֖וֹת H3629 Noun - feminine plural and mind וָלֵ֑ב H3820 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular let me see אֶרְאֶ֤ה H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Your vengeance נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙ H5360 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular upon them מֵהֶ֔ם Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction to You אֵלֶ֖יךָ H413 Preposition | second person masculine singular I have committed גִּלִּ֥יתִי H1540 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker my cause רִיבִֽי׃ס H7379 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

BSB notes

Hebrew the kidneys

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