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Time after Pentecost · Proper 20 · Year B

Jeremiah 11:18-20

A Lamb Led to the Slaughter

September 19, 2027

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt van Rijn
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
An early Rembrandt. Jeremiah leans on a book with the city burning in the background, so small and so far off that it takes a moment to find it.Jeremiah's complaint is that he was right and it did him no good, and the painting puts the proof of it behind his shoulder where he is not looking.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt (1606-1669) painted scripture as if it had happened in a room he had been in, and returned to the same stories across forty years, changing his mind about them in public.Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamThe Netherlands' national museum, built around the Dutch Golden Age and reopened in 2013 after a ten-year rebuilding.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 9:30-37Mk 9:30-37
EpistleJas. 3:13-4:10Jas 3:13-4:10
Old TestamentJer. 11:18-20Jer 11:18-20
PsalterPs. 54Ps 54

Overview & Insights

"But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter." (Jeremiah 11:19)

Jeremiah learns of a plot by his own townspeople of Anathoth to kill him and silence his prophecy, and he entrusts his cause to the Lord who judges righteously and tests heart and mind.

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Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20Commentary on Jer 11:18-20 Working Preacher

The Lutheran seminary commentary on the plot against the prophet.

Jeremiah 11Jer 11 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical notes on the broken covenant and the plot.

Jeremiah CommentariesJer Commentaries Precept Austin

Collected verse by verse resources and commentators for Jeremiah.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 11:18Commentaries on Jer 11:18 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the lamb led to the slaughter.

Coffman's Commentary on Jeremiah 11Coffman's Commentary on Jer 11 StudyLight

A fifth commentary voice reading the chapter's broken covenant and conspiracy.

Background & Word Study

Jeremiah OverviewJer Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the message and structure of Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 11 (Hebrew)Jer 11 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

Jeremiah 11 InterlinearJer 11 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew and English interlinear for word level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Jeremiah 11Catena on Jer 11 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Jeremiah 11.

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