18. The Lord has made it known to me and I knew it; then You showed me their deeds.
19. But I was like a gentle lamb that is brought to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with the fruit,and let us cut him off from the land of the livingso that his name may be remembered no more.”
20. But, O Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,who tries the feelings and the heart,let me see Your vengeance on them,for to You I have revealed my cause.
21. Therefore thus says the Lord of the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord so that you not die by our hand.”
22. Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts: I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine.
23. And there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring calamity upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their punishment.