12UNCOMPROMISINGLY RIGHTEOUS {and} rigidly just are You, O Lord, when I complain against {and} contend with You. Yet let me plead {and} reason the case with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease {and} thriving who deal very treacherously {and} deceitfully?H6662H3068H7378H1696H4941H1870H7563H6743H7951H899H8982You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts.H5193H8327H3212H6213H6529H7138H6310H7350H36293But You, O Lord, know {and} understand me {and} my devotion to You; You see me and try my heart toward You. [O Lord] pull [these rebellious ones] out like sheep for the slaughter and devote {and} prepare them for the day of slaughter.H3068H3045H7200H974H3820H5423H6629H2878H6942H3117H20284How long must the land mourn and the grass {and} herbs of the whole country wither? Through the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are consumed {and} are swept away [by the drought], because men [mocked] me, saying, He shall not [live to] see our final end.H776H56H6212H7704H3001H7451H3427H929H5595H5775H559H7200H3195[But the Lord rebukes Jeremiah's impatience, saying] If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if [you take to flight] in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do [when you tread the tangled maze of jungle haunted by lions] in the swelling {and} flooding of the Jordan?H7323H7273H3811H8474H5483H776H7965H982H6213H1347H33836For even your brethren and the house of your father--even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, even they are [like a pack of hounds] in full cry after you. Believe them not, though they speak fair words {and} promise good things to you.H251H1004H1H898H7121H4392H310H539H1696H2896
God’s Answer
7I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My life into the hands of her enemies.H5800H1004H5203H5159H5414H3033H5315H3709H3418My heritage has become to Me like a lion in the forest; she has uttered her voice against Me; therefore I have [treated her as if I] hated her.H5159H738H3293H5414H6963H81309Is My heritage to Me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field; bring them to devour.H5159H6641H5861H5861H5439H3212H622H2416H7704H857H40210Many shepherds [of an invading host] have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.H7227H7462H7843H3754H947H2513H947H5414H2532H2513H8077H405711They have made it a desolation, and desolate it mourns before Me; the whole land has been made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.H7760H8076H8077H56H776H8074H376H7760H382012Destroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace {or} can find the means to escape.H7703H935H8205H4057H2719H3068H398H7097H776H7097H776H1320H796513They have sown wheat but have reaped thorns; they have worn themselves out but without profit. And they shall be ashamed of your [lack of] harvests {and} revenues because of the fierce {and} glowing anger of the Lord.H2232H2406H7114H6975H2470H3276H954H8393H2740H639H306814Thus says the Lord against all My evil neighbor [nations] who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from their land and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.H559H3068H7451H7934H5060H5159H5971H3478H5157H5428H127H5428H1004H3063H843215And after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them back again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.H310H5428H7725H7355H7725H376H5159H376H77616And if these [neighbor nations] will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, saying, As the Lord lives--even as they taught My people to swear by Baal--then will they be built up in the midst of My people.H3925H3925H1870H5971H7650H8034H3068H2416H3925H5971H7650H1168H1129H8432H597117But if any nation will not hear and obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the Lord.H8085H5428H5428H6H1471H5002H3068
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