Catholic Public Domain Version
"But you, O Lord, have revealed this to me, and I have understood. Then you displayed their efforts to me. "
— Jeremiah 11:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.”
“And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings. ”
“Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you showed me their doings.”
“A Plot Against Jeremiah is Revealed and He Complains of Injustice The LORD gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.”
“But thou, O Lord, hast shewn me, and I have known: then thou shewedst me their doings.”
“And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.”
“And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.”
Why has my beloved wrought great wickedness in my house? How can the holy flesh take away from you your wickedness, in which you have gloried?
The Lord has called your name: a beautiful, fruitful, splendid, and productive olive tree. At the voice of a word, a great fire was kindled in it, and its greenery was burned up.
And the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced an evil against you, concerning the evils of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves so as to provoke me, by offering libations to Baal.”
But you, O Lord, have revealed this to me, and I have understood. Then you displayed their efforts to me.
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.”
But you, O Lord of hosts, who judges justly, and who tests the temperament and the heart, let me see your vengeance against them. For I have revealed my case to you.
“Because of this, thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who are seeking your life, and who are saying: ‘You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and you shall not die by our hands.’