Jeremiah 11:19
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589כְּכֶבֶשׂkekheves[had been] like a lambH3532אַלּוּף'alufa tame oneH441יוּבַלyuval[which] it is ledH2986לִטְבוֹחַlitvoachto slaughterH2873וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יָדַעְתִּיyada'tiI knewH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588עָלַי׀'alaion meH5921חָשְׁבוּchashevuthey had plannedH2803מַחֲשָׁבוֹתmachashavotplansH4284נַשְׁחִיתָהnashchitahlet us destroyH7843עֵץ'etz[the] treeH6086בְּלַחְמוֹbelachmowith bread itsH3899וְנִכְרְתֶנּוּvenikhretenuand let us cut off himH3772מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] land ofH776חַיִּיםchaiyim[the] livingH2416וּשְׁמוֹushemoand name hisH8034לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִזָּכֵרyizakhermay it be rememberedH2142עוֹד׃odagainH5750
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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