A. 18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not  that [ ] against me,

B. [ they had devised devices] saying,
Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof,
and let us cut him off from the land of the living,
that his name may be no more remembered.

C. 20 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.

D. 21 thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, 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 evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

C’. 12:1 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?

B’. 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root:
they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit:
thou art near in their mouth,
and far from their reins.

A’. 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me:
thou hast seen me,
and tried mine heart toward thee:
pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and prepare them for the day of slaughter.