Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;o I did not realize that they had plottedp against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;

let us cut him off from the land of the living,q

that his name be rememberedr no more.”

20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteouslys

and test the heartt and mind,u

let me see your vengeancev on them,

for to you I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathothw who are threatening to kill you,x saying, “Do not prophesyy in the name of the Lord or you will diez by our hands”—22 therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young mena will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. 23 Not even a remnantb will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.c”