Verse 19
Jeremiah 11:19
Bible in Basic English
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But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲנִ֕י כְּ/כֶ֥בֶשׂ אַלּ֖וּף יוּבַ֣ל לִ/טְב֑וֹחַ וְ/לֹֽא יָדַ֜עְתִּי כִּֽי עָלַ֣/י חָשְׁב֣וּ מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹת נַשְׁחִ֨יתָה עֵ֤ץ בְּ/לַחְמ/וֹ֙ וְ/נִכְרְתֶ֨/נּוּ֙ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים וּ/שְׁמ֖/וֹ לֹֽא יִזָּכֵ֥ר עֽוֹד
English Translation
And I was like a lamb led to slaughter, and I did not know that against me they plotted thoughts of destruction, to cut down a tree for my bread, and they will be cut off from the land of the living, and his name will no longer be remembered.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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