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Raw Blame History

I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter

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.

being led to the slaughter

"that my enemies were leading to a butcher"

Let us destroy the tree with its fruit

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

Let us cut him off from the land of the living

"Let us kill him so he is no longer in the land of those who are alive"

his name will be no longer remembered

"people will no longer remember his name"