Jeremiah 11:19: The Lamb Led to Slaughter and the Call to Turn Back
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 11:19 “But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.’” Today we stand before a powerful and sobering verse from the prophet Jeremiah, a man who knew what it meant to be faithful in the face of fierce opposition. Jeremiah 11:19 paints a vivid picture of a gentle lamb, unaware of the schemes against it, led to slaughter. This is not just Jeremiah’s story—it’s a shadow of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and a mirror for our own lives when we stray from God’s path. Drawing from the fiery preaching of Billy Sunday, particularly his 1915 Syracuse sermon on backsliding, let’s explore what this verse means for us today: the danger of drifting from God, the plots of the enemy, and the urgent call to return to the Lord’s way. The Lamb’s Innocence and the Enemy’s Plot Jeremiah compar...