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Jeremiah 12

Jeremiah's Prayer

1

 aRighteous are You, O LORD, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would  bdiscuss matters of justice with You: Why has the  cway of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who  ddeal in treachery at ease?

2

You have  aplanted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. You are  bnear  1to their lips But far from their  2mind.

3

But You  aknow me, O LORD; You see me; And You  bexamine my heart's attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And  1set them apart for a  cday of carnage!

4

How long is the  aland to mourn And the  bvegetation of the countryside to wither? For the  cwickedness of those who dwell in it,  dAnimals and birds have been snatched away, Because men have said, "He will not see our latter  eending."

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  1 athicket of the Jordan?

6

"For even your  abrothers 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  bnice things to you."

God's Answer

7

"I have  aforsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the  bbeloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.

8

"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has  1 aroared against Me; Therefore I have come to  bhate her.

9

"Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the  abirds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the  bbeasts of the field, Bring them to devour!

10

"Many  ashepherds have ruined My  bvineyard, They have  ctrampled down My field; They have made My  dpleasant field A desolate wilderness.

11

1It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it  amourns  2before Me; The  bwhole land has been made desolate, Because no man  clays it to heart.

12

"On all the  1 abare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For a  bsword of the LORD is devouring From one end of the land even to the  2other; There is  cno peace for  3anyone.

13

"They have  asown wheat and have reaped thorns, They have  bstrained themselves  1to no profit. But be ashamed of your  2 charvest Because of the  dfierce anger of the LORD."

14

Thus says the LORD concerning all My  awicked neighbors who  bstrike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, "Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will  cuproot the house of Judah from among them.

15

"And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will  aagain have compassion on them; and I will  bbring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.

16

"Then if they will really  alearn the ways of My people, to  bswear by My name, `As the LORD lives,' even as they taught My people to  cswear by Baal, they will be  dbuilt up in the midst of My people.

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"But if they will not listen, then I will  auproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.



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