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Jeremiah, Chapter 12

¹ Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?	1 Ezr 9:15 Psa 51:4 Psa 129:4 Jer 11:20 Job 13:3 Job 12:6 Jer 5:27 Jer 5:28 Hab 1:4 Mal 3:15 Jer 3:7 Jer 3:20 Jer 5:11
² Righteous are You, O LORD, that I would plead my case with You; ² You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. You are near^a Lit in their mouthto their lips But far from their^b Lit kidneysmind. ³ But You know me, O LORD; You see me; And You examine my heart’s attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And^c Lit sanctify themset them apart for a day of carnage! ⁴ How 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.” ⁵ “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^d Lit pridethicket of the Jordan? ⁶ “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.” 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. ⁸ “My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has^e Lit raised her voiceroared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her. ⁹ “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! ¹⁰ “Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness. ¹¹ “^f Lit One has made itIt has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns^g Or uponbefore Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. ¹² “On all the^h Or caravan trailsbare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For a sword of the LORD is devouring From one end of the land even to theⁱ Lit other end of the landother; There is no peace for^j Lit all fleshanyone. ¹³ “They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, They have strained themselves^k Lit they do not profitto no profit. But be ashamed of your^l Lit productsharvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”	2 Jer 11:17 Jer 45:4 Eze 17:5-10 Isa 29:13 Jer 3:10 Eze 33:31 Tit 1:16 3 Psa 139:1-4 Psa 7:9 Psa 11:5 Jer 11:20 Jer 17:18 Jer 50:27 Jam 5:5 4 Jer 4:28 Jer 9:10 Jer 23:10 Joe 1:10-17 Psa 107:34 Jer 4:25 Jer 7:20 Jer 9:10 Hos 4:3 Hab 3:17 Jer 5:31 Eze 7:2 5 Jer 49:19 Jer 50:44 6 Gen 37:4-11 Job 6:15 Psa 69:8 Jer 9:4 Jer 9:5 Psa 12:2 Pro 26:25 7 Isa 2:6 Jer 7:29 Jer 23:39 Jer 11:15 Hos 11:1-8 8 Isa 59:13 Hos 9:15 Amo 6:8 9 Ki2 24:2 Eze 23:22-25 Isa 56:9 Jer 7:33 Jer 15:3 Jer 34:20 10 Jer 6:3 Jer 23:1 Psa 80:8-16 Isa 5:1-7 Isa 63:18 Jer 3:19 11 Jer 12:4 Jer 14:2 Jer 23:10 Jer 4:20 Jer 4:27 Jer 25:11 Isa 42:25 12 Jer 3:2 Jer 3:21 Isa 34:6 Jer 47:6 Amo 9:4 Jer 16:5 Jer 30:5 13 Lev 26:16 Deu 28:38 Mic 6:15 Hag 1:6 Isa 55:2 Jer 9:5 Jer 17:10 Jer 4:26 Jer 25:37 Jer 25:38
¹⁴ Thus 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. ¹⁵ 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. ¹⁶ Then 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, they will be built up in the midst of My people. ¹⁷ But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it,” declares the LORD.	14 Jer 49:1 Jer 49:7 Zep 2:8-10 Jer 2:3 Jer 50:11 Jer 50:12 Zec 2:8 Deu 30:3 Psa 106:47 Isa 11:11-16 15 Jer 48:47 Jer 49:6 Jer 49:39 Amo 9:14 16 Isa 42:6 Isa 49:6 Jer 4:2 Zep 1:5 Jos 23:7 Jer 5:7 Jer 3:17 Jer 4:2 Jer 16:19 17 Psa 2:8-12 Isa 60:12


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