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Jeremiah 11:19

Contemporary English Version 1995

But then the Lord told me that they had planned to chop me down like a tree— fruit and all— so that no one would ever remember me again.

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I heard the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid. Now's our chance to accuse Jeremiah!” All of my so-called friends are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They say, “Maybe Jeremiah can be tricked. Then we can overpower him and get even at last.”

Some of the people said, “Let's get rid of Jeremiah! We will always have priests to teach us God's laws, as well as wise people to give us advice, and prophets to speak the Lord's messages. So, instead of listening to Jeremiah any longer, let's accuse him of a crime.”

They say, “Let's wipe out the nation of Israel and make sure that no one remembers its name!”

I hear the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid!” They are plotting and scheming to murder me.

but I know I will live to see how kind you are.

I thought I would never again see you, my Lord, or any of the people who live on this earth.

Cruel people tell lies— they do evil things, and make cruel plans to destroy the poor and needy, even when they beg for justice.

Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.

At once he followed her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, or like a fool on the way to be punished

Now I will walk at your side in this land of the living.

Bring an end to his family, and from now on let him be a forgotten man.

At the end of the 62 weeks, the Chosen Leader will be killed and left with nothing. A foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood, leaving both the city and the temple in ruins, and war and destruction will continue until the end, just as God has decided.

I pray to you, Lord! You are my place of safety, and you are my choice in the land of the living. Please answer my prayer. I am completely helpless.

They won't ever be troubled, and the kind things they do will never be forgotten.

God will destroy you forever! He will grab you and drag you from your homes. You will be uprooted and left to die.

I have stumbled, and worthless liars I don't even know surround me and sneer.

and as soon as I finished, they all crowded around me and started shouting, “Why did you preach that the Lord will destroy this temple, just as he destroyed Shiloh? Why did you say that Jerusalem will be empty and lie in ruins? You ought to be put to death for saying such things in the Lord's name!” Then they had me arrested.

You know every plot they have made against me.

The graves of soldiers from Elam are there. The very sight of those godless soldiers once terrified their enemies and made them panic. But now they are disgraced and ashamed as they lie in the world of the dead, alongside others who were killed in battle.

Don't be a cruel person who attacks good people and hurts their families.

They will fight back, but they won't win. I, the Lord, give my word— I won't let them harm you.

Israel, the Lord sent me to look after you. But you trap his prophets and flood his temple with your hatred.




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