12Righteous art Thou, O LORD, that I would plead [my] case with Thee; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with Thee: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? [Why] are all those who deal in treachery at ease?H6662H3068H7378H1696H4941H1870H7563H6743H7951H899H8982Thou hast planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. Thou art near to their lips But far from their mind.H5193H8327H3212H6213H6529H7138H6310H7350H36293But Thou knowest me, O LORD; Thou seest me; And Thou dost examine my heart's [attitude] toward Thee. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage!H3068H3045H7200H974H3820H5423H6629H2878H6942H3117H20284How long is the land to mourn And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because [men] have said, "He will not see our latter ending."H776H56H6212H7704H3001H7451H3427H929H5595H5775H559H7200H3195"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, Then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?H7323H7273H3811H8474H5483H776H7965H982H6213H1347H33836"For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you."H251H1004H1H898H7121H4392H310H539H1696H2896
God’s Answer
7"I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.H5800H1004H5203H5159H5414H3033H5315H3709H3418"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her.H5159H738H3293H5414H6963H81309"Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!H5159H6641H5861H5861H5439H3212H622H2416H7704H857H40210"Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness.H7227H7462H7843H3754H947H2513H947H5414H2532H2513H8077H405711"It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart.H7760H8076H8077H56H776H8074H376H7760H382012"On all the bare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For a sword of the LORD is devouring From one end of the land even to the other; There is no peace for anyone.H7703H935H8205H4057H2719H3068H398H7097H776H7097H776H1320H796513"They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, They have strained themselves to no profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD."H2232H2406H7114H6975H2470H3276H954H8393H2740H639H306814Thus says the LORD concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, "Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them.H559H3068H7451H7934H5060H5159H5971H3478H5157H5428H127H5428H1004H3063H843215"And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.H310H5428H7725H7355H7725H376H5159H376H77616"Then it will come about that if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of My people.H3925H3925H1870H5971H7650H8034H3068H2416H3925H5971H7650H1168H1129H8432H597117"But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.H8085H5428H5428H6H1471H5002H3068
