Jeremiah 11:18-23 - A Warning For The People Of Anathoth
18 This, O LORD, have I learned of thee, and understand it, for thou hast showed me their imaginations. 19 But I, as a meek lamb, was carried away to be slain: not knowing, that they had devised such a counsel against me saying, "We will destroy his meat with wood, and drive him out of the land of the living: that his name shall never be thought upon." 20 Therefore I will beseech thee now, O LORD of Hosts, thou righteous judge, thou that tryest the reins and the hearts: let me see the avenged of them, for unto thee have I committed my cause.
21 The LORD therefore spake thus of the citizens of Anathoth, that sought to slay me, saying, "Preach not unto us in the name of the LORD, or else thou shalt die of our hands." 22 Thus, I say, spake the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will visit you. Your young men shall perish with the sword; your sons and your daughters shall utterly die of hunger, 23 so that none shall remain. For upon the citizens of Anathoth will I bring a plague, and the year of their visitation."