Jeremiah 11:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 11:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 11:19 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 11:19 — KJV
“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. the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread”
— Jeremiah 11:19 (KJV)
Jeremiah 11:19 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 11:19
“There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. be cut...: or, be brought to silence pursue...: Heb. go after thee”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:19: brought, devised, against
“When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: for the...: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege to employ...: Heb. to go from before thee”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:19: against, destroy, tree
“And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? Glory...: or, Have this honour over me, etc when: or, against when to destroy: Heb. to cut off”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:19: against, destroy, cut
“They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:19: let, cut, off
“Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:19: like, destroy, thereof
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