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Pentecost Season · Proper 20 · Year B

Wisdom 1:16-2:1, 12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20

A Lamb Led to the Slaughter

September 19, 2027

Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns), Hieronymus Bosch
Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns), Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1510National Gallery, London
Four tormentors fill the frame, each one leaning in from a corner, each face a separate study in cruelty. Christ looks straight out at the viewer and does nothing.Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is: Wisdom writes the script, and Bosch painted the four men following it.Hieronymus BoschA Netherlandish painter of demons, hybrids and exact human cruelty, whose work was collected by Philip II and has never been fully explained.National Gallery, LondonFounded in 1824 by buying one banker's collection, and deliberately placed in Trafalgar Square so that people from every part of London could walk to it.National Gallery, London
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 9:30-37Mk 9:30-37
EpistleJas. 3:13 - 4:3, 7-8aJas 3:13 - 4:3, 7-8a
Old TestamentProv. 31:10-31Prv 31:10-31Alt. OTWis. 1:16-2:1, 12-22Wis 1:16-2:1, 12-22 orJer. 11:18-20Jer 11:18-20
PsalterPs. 1Ps 1Alt. PsalmPs. 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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Take it further: Wisdom 1:16-2:1, 12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20

Commentary

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

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the plot against the prophet for the semicontinuous track.

Enduring Word: Jeremiah 11Enduring Word: Jer 11 Enduring Word · David Guzik

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

Precept Austin: Jeremiah CommentariesPrecept Austin: Jer Commentaries Precept Austin

Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for Jeremiah.

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

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

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Jeremiah OverviewBibleProject: Jer Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the message and structure of Jeremiah.

Sefaria: Jeremiah 11 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Jer 11 (Hebrew) Sefaria

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

BibleHub: Jeremiah 11 InterlinearBibleHub: Jer 11 Interlinear BibleHub

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

The Church Fathers

Catena: Jeremiah 11Catena: Jer 11 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Jeremiah 11.

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