for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me: ‘Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit; let’s cut him off from the land of the living so that his name will no longer be remembered.’
Jeremiah 11:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there will be no remnant [of the conspirators] left, for I will bring evil and calamity upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment. American Standard Version (1901) and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. Common English Bible No one will be left because I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth when their time comes. Catholic Public Domain Version And there will be nothing left of them. For I will lead an evil over the men of Anathoth: the year of their visitation." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation. |
for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me: ‘Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit; let’s cut him off from the land of the living so that his name will no longer be remembered.’
Therefore, their way will seem like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
I am watching over them for disaster and not for good, and everyone from Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine until they are finished off.
Even her mercenaries among her are like stall-fed calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee; they will not take their stand, for the day of their calamity is coming on them, the time of their punishment.
He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit, and he who climbs from the pit will be captured in the trap, for I will bring against Moab the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them because their day has come, the time of their punishment.
This is what the Lord of Armies says: Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.
Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,’ says the Lord.
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognise it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your iniquity and hostility.
Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph, a burning flame, but the house of Esau will be stubble; Jacob will set them on fire and consume Edom. Therefore no survivor will remain of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken.
The best of them is like a briar; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.
They will crush you and your children among you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in your midst, because you did not recognise the time when God visited you.’