Jeremiah — Chapter 11
Synopsis: God commands Jeremiah to proclaim the covenant made at Sinai and violated by Israel. God forbids Jeremiah to pray for the people (v.14). The conspiracy of Jeremiah's townspeople in Anathoth against his life — prefiguring Christ's persecution. Jeremiah protests to God; God promises to punish the Anathothites.
Verse 18
And thou, O Lord, hast shown me, and I have known: then thou showedst me their doings. And I was as a meek lamb, that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised counsels against me. Jeremiah as the meek lamb led to slaughter — a direct type of Christ (Jer.11:19 echoes Is.53:7 almost verbatim). Lapide: the entire passage (vv.18-23) is applied by Jerome and Origen to Christ's betrayal and Passion. The lamb unaware of the conspiracy = Christ who knew all (divinely) but remained meek and non-resistant (humanly).