And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you showed me their doings.
- KJV And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
- NKJV Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings.
- NASB ¶Moreover, the Lord made it known to me and I knew it; Then You showed me their deeds.
- NLT Then the Lord told me about the plots my enemies were making against me.
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Quick answer
God revealed to Jeremiah a plot against his life that he had not known about.
Overview
Here the focus shifts to a conspiracy against the prophet himself, which God graciously uncovers. This begins one of Jeremiah's 'confessions,' personal laments revealing the cost of faithful ministry. Jeremiah's suffering as God's rejected messenger foreshadows Christ, who was likewise plotted against by His own people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Kgs 6:9–10Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
- 1 Sam 23:11–12Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
- Ezek 8:6–18“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Jer 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- 2 Kgs 6:14–20the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
- Rom 3:7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
- Matt 21:3If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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