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Let me see your vengeance against them, for I have committed my cause to you. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11.htm">King James Bible</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/11.htm">New King James Version</a> But, O LORD of hosts, You who judge righteously, Testing the mind and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have revealed my cause. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But, LORD of armies, who judges righteously, Who puts the feelings and the heart to the test, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have committed my cause. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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 have I committed my cause. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But, O Yahweh of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tests the insides and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I revealed my case. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tests the feelings and the heart (mind), Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have committed my cause. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But, LORD of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who tests heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to You. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I prayed, "LORD All-Powerful, you always do what is right, and you know every thought. So I trust you to help me and to take revenge." <a href="/erv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> O LORD of Armies, you judge fairly and test motives and thoughts. I want to see you take revenge on them, because I've brought my case to you. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then I prayed, "Almighty LORD, you are a just judge; you test people's thoughts and feelings. I have placed my cause in your hands; so let me watch you take revenge on these people." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the righteous judge, the one who tests feelings and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them, for I've committed my cause to you. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause. <a href="/net/jeremiah/11.htm">NET Bible</a> So I said to the LORD, "O LORD who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people's hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause." <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "But, the LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause." <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for to thee have I revealed my cause. <a href="/web/jeremiah/11.htm">World English Bible</a> But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And O YHWH of Hosts, judging righteousness, "" Trying reins and heart, "" I see Your vengeance against them, "" For I have revealed my cause to You. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.' <a href="/slt/jeremiah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> O Jehovah of armies, judging justice and trying the reins and the heart, I shall see thy vengeance from them, for to thee I uncovered my cause.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee I have revealed my cause. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But you, O Lord of hosts, who judges justly, and who tests the temperament and the heart, let me see your vengeance against them. For I have revealed my case to you. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Bible</a> But, you, LORD of hosts, just Judge, searcher of mind and heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause! <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But you, O LORD of hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who knows what is in the heart and mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for to thee have I revealed my cause. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, the Judge of truth, examines the kidneys and the heart. I shall see your payment from them, because to you I revealed my case<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, That triest the reins and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For unto Thee have I revealed my cause. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3586" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/11.htm">The Plot Against Jeremiah</a> …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.” 20<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: šō·p̄êṭ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To judge, govern. ">who judges</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: ṣe·ḏeq (N-ms) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">righteously,</a> <a href="/hebrew/974.htm" title="974: bō·ḥên (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To examine, try. A primitive root; to test; generally and figuratively, to investigate.">who examines</a> <a href="/hebrew/3629.htm" title="3629: kə·lā·yō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A kidney. Feminine of kliy; a kidney; figuratively, the mind.">the heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: wā·lêḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">and mind,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ’er·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf.h-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">let me see</a> <a href="/hebrew/5360.htm" title="5360: niq·mā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Vengeance. Feminine of naqam; avengement, whether the act of the passion.">Your vengeance</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">upon them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to You</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: gil·lî·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">I have committed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: rî·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">my cause.</a> 21Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalm 7:9</a> Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds. <a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Psalm 26:2</a> Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. <a href="/psalms/139-23.htm">Psalm 139:23-24</a> Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. / See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a> I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve. <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a> O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause. <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a> But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.” <a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a> A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts. <a href="/romans/8-27.htm">Romans 8:27</a> And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a> Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12-13</a> For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. / Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. <a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">1 Chronicles 28:9</a> As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. <a href="/psalms/11-4.htm">Psalm 11:4-5</a> The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men. / The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence. <a href="/psalms/44-21.htm">Psalm 44:21</a> would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? <a href="/proverbs/21-2.htm">Proverbs 21:2</a> All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. <a href="/1_kings/8-39.htm">1 Kings 8:39</a> be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But, O LORD of hosts, that judge righteously, that try the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I revealed my cause.judgest.<a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a> Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?<a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Genesis 18:25</a> That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?<a href="/psalms/98-9.htm">Psalm 98:9</a> Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.triest.<a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a> I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.<a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a> But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.let.<a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15</a> O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.<a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a> Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.<a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Jeremiah 18:20-23</a> Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them… revealed.<a href="/1_samuel/24-15.htm">1 Samuel 24:15</a> The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.<a href="/job/5-8.htm">Job 5:8</a> I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:<a href="/psalms/10-14.htm">Psalm 10:14,15</a> Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Feelings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-23.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/psalms/67-4.htm">Judgest</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm">Reins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Righteously</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Test</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm">Testing</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm">Tests</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Tries</a> <a href="/psalms/17-3.htm">Triest</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Trying</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-4.htm">Vengeance</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/daniel/1-9.htm">Feelings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-16.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-8.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/romans/2-1.htm">Judgest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-15.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Reins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/luke/23-41.htm">Righteously</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Test</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Testing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Tests</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/luke/17-33.htm">Tries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Triest</a> <a href="/daniel/2-8.htm">Trying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Vengeance</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 11</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/11-1.htm">Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant;</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">rebukes the peoples' disobeying thereof;</a> 11. <a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">prophesies evils to come upon them;</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">and upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill him.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>O LORD of Hosts This title emphasizes God's supreme command over the heavenly armies, highlighting His power and authority. It reflects the military imagery often used in the Old Testament to describe God's might (<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a>). The term "Hosts" can refer to both celestial beings and the forces of nature, underscoring God's sovereignty over all creation.who judges righteously God's judgment is based on His perfect righteousness and justice. Unlike human judges, God's decisions are infallible and impartial (<a href="/psalms/9-8.htm">Psalm 9:8</a>). This assurance of divine justice is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where God is portrayed as the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong.who examines the heart and mind This phrase underscores God's omniscience, His ability to see beyond outward appearances and understand the true intentions and thoughts of individuals (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>). It serves as a reminder that nothing is hidden from God, and He evaluates people based on their inner character rather than external actions alone.let me see Your vengeance upon them Jeremiah's plea for divine retribution reflects the prophetic tradition of seeking God's justice against those who oppose His will. This request aligns with the imprecatory psalms, where the psalmist calls for God's intervention against the wicked (<a href="/psalms/94.htm">Psalm 94:1-2</a>). It is important to understand this in the context of divine justice rather than personal revenge.for to You I have committed my cause Jeremiah entrusts his situation to God, demonstrating faith and reliance on divine justice rather than taking matters into his own hands. This act of commitment is a model of surrender and trust in God's plan, similar to how Jesus entrusted Himself to the Father during His earthly ministry (<a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">1 Peter 2:23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his lamentations and deep emotional connection to his prophetic mission. 2. <a href="/topical/l/lord_of_hosts.htm">LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. It underscores His power and authority in executing judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often the focus of Jeremiah's prophecies due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_heart_and_mind.htm">The Heart and Mind</a> Refers to the inner being of a person, encompassing thoughts, emotions, and intentions. In Hebrew, "heart" (lev) often signifies the center of one's will and emotions. 5. <a href="/topical/v/vengeance.htm">Vengeance</a> In this context, it refers to divine retribution or justice that Jeremiah seeks from God against those who oppose him and God's message.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a> Believers are encouraged to trust in God's righteous judgment rather than taking matters into their own hands. God sees and knows all, and His justice is perfect. <a href="/topical/c/commit_your_cause_to_god.htm">Commit Your Cause to God</a> Like Jeremiah, we should commit our struggles and adversities to God, trusting Him to act on our behalf according to His will. <a href="/topical/g/god_knows_the_heart.htm">God Knows the Heart</a> God’s ability to test the heart and mind reminds us that He knows our true intentions and desires. We should strive for purity and sincerity in our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/p/patience_in_persecution.htm">Patience in Persecution</a> Jeremiah faced opposition and persecution, yet he remained steadfast. Believers today can draw strength from his example, knowing that God is aware of their trials. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prayer_in_seeking_justice.htm">The Role of Prayer in Seeking Justice</a> Jeremiah's plea is a form of prayer, demonstrating the importance of bringing our concerns and desires for justice before God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 11</a> <a href="/q/how_do_old_and_new_covenants_differ.htm">How do the Old and New Covenants differ?</a> <a href="/q/who_leads_the_army_of_the_lord.htm">Who leads the Army of the Lord?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_threats_to_jeremiah_align_with_divine_protection.htm">Jeremiah 11:18–23: How do these threats on Jeremiah’s life align with the idea of divine protection for those who follow God’s will?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_wicked_prosper_despite_job_11_20.htm">Job 11:20 asserts the wicked lose hope, yet history and modern times show many unethical people prosper. How is this reconciled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) Let me see thy vengeance on them.--The prayer, like that of the so-called vindictive Psalms (69, 109), belongs to the earlier stage of the religious life when righteous indignation against evil is not yet tempered by the higher law of forgiveness. As such it is not to be imitated by Christians, but neither is it to be hastily condemned. The appeal to a higher judge, the desire to leave vengeance in His hands, is in itself a victory over the impulse to take vengeance into our own hands. Through it, in most cases, the sufferer from wrong must pass before he can attain to the higher and more Christ-like temper which utters itself in the prayer, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (<a href="/luke/23-34.htm" title="Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.">Luke 23:34</a>).Unto thee have I revealed my cause.--i.e., laid it bare before thee. The thought and the phrase were characteristic of Jeremiah, and meet us again in <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm" title="But, O LORD of hosts, that try the righteous, and see the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause.">Jeremiah 20:12</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - (Parallel passage, <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a>.) Unto thee have I revealed my cause. This is the literal rendering, but a comparison of <a href="/psalms/22-8.htm">Psalm 22:8</a> and <a href="/proverbs/16-3.htm">Proverbs 16:3</a>, suggests that the In meaning is Upon thee have I rolled my cause." This expression is certainly not only more forcible, but more appropriate than the other. Jeremiah's cause was not a secret which needed to be "revealed" to Jehovah, but a burden too heavy for so finely strung a nature to bear alone. Grammatically, the preferred meaning is quite justifiable, though less obvious, as there are other instances of an interchange of meanings between two classes of verbs (see on Jeremiah 33:6). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But, O LORD וַֽיהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts, צְבָאוֹת֙ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign who judges שֹׁפֵ֣ט (šō·p̄êṭ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate righteously, צֶ֔דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> The right, equity, prosperity who tests בֹּחֵ֥ן (bō·ḥên) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_974.htm">Strong's 974: </a> To test, to investigate the heart כְּלָי֖וֹת (kə·lā·yō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3629.htm">Strong's 3629: </a> A kidney, the mind and mind, וָלֵ֑ב (wā·lêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre let me see אֶרְאֶ֤ה (’er·’eh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see Your vengeance נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙ (niq·mā·ṯə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5360.htm">Strong's 5360: </a> Avengement upon them, מֵהֶ֔ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I have committed גִּלִּ֥יתִי (gil·lî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal my cause רִיבִֽי׃ (rî·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> Strife, dispute to You. אֵלֶ֖יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 11:20 But Yahweh of Armies who judges righteously (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>