No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
Jeremiah 11:19 - Tree of Life Version But I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter. I did not know they had devised plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be no more remembered.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I was like a tame lamb that is brought to the slaughter; I did not know that they had devised inventions and schemes against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. American Standard Version (1901) But I was like a gentle lamb that is led 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. Common English Bible I was like a young lamb led to the slaughter; I didn’t realize that they were planning their schemes against me: “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit; let’s cut him off from the land of the living so that even any knowledge of him will be wiped out.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I was like a meek lamb, who is being carried to be a victim. And I did not realize that they had devised plans against me, saying: "Let us place wood upon his bread, and let us eradicate him from the land of the living, and let his name no longer be remembered." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I was as a meek lamb that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised counsels against me, saying: Let us put wood on his bread and cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more. |
No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
Surely he will never be shaken. The righteous are remembered forever.
Look at my right hand and see, for no one cares about me. I have no refuge— no one cares for my soul.
Surely I trust that I will see the goodness of Adonai in the land of the living.
But at my stumbling they gathered in glee. Wretches gathered against me whom I did not know, tearing at me without ceasing.
You love evil instead of good, lying rather than speaking right. Selah
They make a shrewd plot against Your people, conspiring against Your treasured ones.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Do not lurk like the wicked near the dwelling of the righteous. Do not assault his home.
Suddenly he follows her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a stag bounding toward a trap,
The scoundrel’s methods are evil— he makes up wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
I said: “I will not see Adonai, Adonai, in the land of the living. I will look on humanity no longer among the inhabitants of the world.
Though they will fight against you, they will not win, for I am with you, to deliver you.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”
For I heard the whispering of many: “‘Terror on every side?’ Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” Even all my close friends are watching for my fall: “Perhaps he may be deceived, so we’ll get the better of him, and we’ll get our revenge on him.”
Now when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Adonai had commanded him to speak to all the people, the kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying: “You will surely die!
“There is Elam and all her multitude surrounding her grave —all of them slain, fallen by the sword —who went down uncircumcised into the underworld, who caused terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who go down to the Pit.
Then after the 62 weeks Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. Then the people of a prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. But his end will come like a flood. Until the end of the war that is decreed there will be destruction.
Ephraim is a watchman with my God, a prophet. A bird catcher’s trap is on all his paths. Hostility is in the House of his God.