Jeremiah 12
12Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?H6662H3068H7378H1696H4941H1870H7563H6743H7951H899H8982You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.H5193H8327H3212H6213H6529H7138H6310H7350H36293But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter.H3068H3045H7200H974H3820H5423H6629H2878H6942H3117H20284How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, "He will not see our final end."H776H56H6212H7704H3001H7451H3427H929H5595H5775H559H7200H3195"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?H7323H7273H3811H8474H5483H776H7965H982H6213H1347H33836For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.H251H1004H1H898H7121H4392H310H539H1696H28967"I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.H5800H1004H5203H5159H5414H3033H5315H3709H3418My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it.H5159H738H3293H5414H6963H81309My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!H5159H6641H5861H5861H5439H3212H622H2416H7704H857H40210"Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.H7227H7462H7843H3754H947H2513H947H5414H2532H2513H8077H405711They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.H7760H8076H8077H56H776H8074H376H7760H382012The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the LORD shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.H7703H935H8205H4057H2719H3068H398H7097H776H7097H776H1320H796513They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD."H2232H2406H7114H6975H2470H3276H954H8393H2740H639H306814Thus says the LORD: "Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.H559H3068H7451H7934H5060H5159H5971H3478H5157H5428H127H5428H1004H3063H843215"Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.H310H5428H7725H7355H7725H376H5159H376H77616"And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.H3925H3925H1870H5971H7650H8034H3068H2416H3925H5971H7650H1168H1129H8432H597117"But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation," says the LORD.H8085H5428H5428H6H1471H5002H3068
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