Jeremiah 11:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ Some people plotted to kill me.
And like a lamb
    being led to the butcher,
I knew nothing
    about their plans.
¹⁹ But then the Lord told me
    that they had planned
to chop me down like a tree—
    fruit and all—
so that no one would ever
    remember me again.
^20 (A) I prayed, “Lord All-Powerful,
you always do what is right,
    and you know every thought.
So I trust you to help me
    and to take revenge.”