Jeremiah 11:20

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Moreover, Yahweh let it be made known to me, and I knew. Then you showed me their deeds. ¹⁹ And I was like a gentle ram-lamb that is brought to slaughter, and I did not know that they planned plans against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered." ²⁰ But O Yahweh of hosts, who judges in righteousness, who tests the inmost being, and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case. ²¹ Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the people of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, "You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh or you will die by our hand." ²² Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by the famine. ²³ And a remnant will not be left for them, for I will bring disaster to the people of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."

Bible Verse Review
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judgest: Jeremiah 12:1, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 98:9, Acts 17:31

triest: Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Psalms 7:9, Revelation 2:23

let: Jeremiah 15:15, Jeremiah 17:18, Jeremiah 18:20-23, 2 Timothy 4:14, Revelation 6:9, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 18:20

revealed: 1 Samuel 24:15, Job 5:8, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 35:2, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 57:1, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 2:23

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:22 - The Lord Nehemiah 6:14 - think thou Psalms 119:154 - Plead Jeremiah 12:3 - knowest Jeremiah 18:21 - deliver Lamentations 3:60 - General Lamentations 3:64 - General Zechariah 7:10 - imagine Acts 1:24 - Lord Acts 15:8 - which Romans 8:27 - And he

Cross-References

Luke 3:35
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously,.... This is the prophet's appeal to God, as the Judge of the whole earth, who will do right; he found there was no justice to be done him among men; he therefore has recourse to a righteous God, who he knew judged righteous judgment:

that triest the reins and the heart; of all men; as of his own, so of his enemies; and which he mentions, not so much on his own account as theirs:

let me see thy vengeance on them; which imprecation arose from a pure zeal for God, for his glory, and the honour of his justice; and not from private revenge; and so no ways inconsistent with the character of a good man; though some consider the words as a prediction of what would befall them, and he should live to see accomplished; and render them, "I shall see c." q and so the Targum,

"I shall see the vengeance of thy judgment on them:''

for unto thee have I revealed my cause; as a client to his patron; told his whole case, and left it with him, believing he would manage it for him, and do him justice. The Apostle Peter seems to have this passage in view, when speaking of Christ, 1 Peter 2:23.

q אראה "videbo", Munster, Schmidt; "visurus sum", Junius & Tremellius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 11:20. Let me see thy vengeance on them — Rather, I shall see (אראה ereh) thy punishment indicted on them.