OET interlinear JER 11:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I was like a gentle lamb being led to a butcher

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I [had,been]_like_a_lamb gentle led to,slaughter and=not I_know that/for/because/then/when on,me planned plans destroy tree/message with,bread_of,its and,let,us_cut_him_off from_[the],land_of life(pl) and=his/its=name not remembered again/more )

This speaks of Jeremiah being unaware of his enemies’ plans to kill him by comparing him to a lamb who is being led to be slaughtered.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) being led to a butcher

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I [had,been]_like_a_lamb gentle led to,slaughter and=not I_know that/for/because/then/when on,me planned plans destroy tree/message with,bread_of,its and,let,us_cut_him_off from_[the],land_of life(pl) and=his/its=name not remembered again/more )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “that my enemies were leading to a butcher”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Let us destroy the tree with its fruit

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I [had,been]_like_a_lamb gentle led to,slaughter and=not I_know that/for/because/then/when on,me planned plans destroy tree/message with,bread_of,its and,let,us_cut_him_off from_[the],land_of life(pl) and=his/its=name not remembered again/more )

Here Jeremiah’s enemies speak of killing him as if he were a fruit tree that they were planning to destroy.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) Let us cut him off from the land of the living

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I [had,been]_like_a_lamb gentle led to,slaughter and=not I_know that/for/because/then/when on,me planned plans destroy tree/message with,bread_of,its and,let,us_cut_him_off from_[the],land_of life(pl) and=his/its=name not remembered again/more )

The phrase “cut him off” means to destroy him. Also, “the living” refers to living people. Alternate translation: “Let us kill him so he is no longer in the land of those who are alive” or “Let us destroy him so that he is no longer among the world of living people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) his name will be no longer remembered

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I [had,been]_like_a_lamb gentle led to,slaughter and=not I_know that/for/because/then/when on,me planned plans destroy tree/message with,bread_of,its and,let,us_cut_him_off from_[the],land_of life(pl) and=his/its=name not remembered again/more )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “people will no longer remember his name”