Jeremiah 12

Jeremiah’s Prayer

11RighteousH6662 are You, O LordH3068, that I would pleadH7378 my caseH7378 with You; IndeedH389 I would 2discussH1696 mattersH4941 of justiceH4941 with You: WhyH4069 has the 3wayH1870 of the wickedH7563 prosperedH6743? Why are allH3605 those who 4dealH898 in treacheryH899 at easeH7951?2You have 5plantedH5193 them, they have alsoH1571 takenH8327 rootH8327; They growH1980, they have evenH1571 producedH6213 fruitH6529. You are 6nearH7138 7to their lipsH6310 But farH7350 from their 8mindH3629.3But You 9knowH3045 me, O LordH3068; You seeH7200 me; And You 10examineH974 my heart’sH3820 attitude towardH854 You. DragH5423 them offH5423 like sheepH6629 for the slaughterH2878 And 11setH6942 them apartH6942 for a 12dayH3117 of carnageH2028!4HowH4970 longH5704H4970 is the 13landH776 to mournH56 And the 14vegetationH6212 of the countrysideH3605H7704 to witherH3001? For the 15wickednessH7463 of those who dwellH3427 in it, 16AnimalsH929 and birdsH5775 have been snatchedH5595 awayH5595, BecauseH3588 men have saidH559, “He will not seeH7200 our latterH319 17endingH319.”

5“IfH3588 you have runH7323 with footmenH7273 and they have tiredH3811 you out, Then howH349 can you competeH2734 with horsesH5483? If you fallH982 downH982 in a landH776 of peaceH7965, HowH349 will you doH6213 in the 1819thicketH1347 of the JordanH3383?6For evenH1571 your 20brothersH251 and the householdH1004 of your fatherH1, EvenH1571 they have dealtH898 treacherouslyH898 with you, EvenH1571 they have criedH7121 aloudH4392 afterH310 you. Do not believeH539 them, althoughH3588 they may sayH1696 21niceH2899 thingsH2899 to you.”

God’s Answer

7“I have 22forsakenH5800 My houseH1004, I have abandonedH5203 My inheritanceH5159; I have givenH5414 the 23belovedH3033 of My soulH5315 Into the handH3709 of her enemiesH340.8My inheritanceH5159 has becomeH1961 to Me Like a lionH743 in the forestH3293; She has 2425roaredH5414H6963 againstH5921 Me; ThereforeH5921H3651 I have come to 26hateH8130 her.9Is My inheritanceH5159 like a speckledH6641 birdH5861 of preyH5861 to Me? Are the 27birdsH5861 of preyH5861 againstH5921 her on everyH5439 sideH5439? GoH1980, gatherH622 allH3605 the 28beastsH2421 of the fieldH7704, BringH857 them to devourH398!10ManyH7227 29shepherdsH7462 have ruinedH7843 My 30vineyardH3754, They have 31trampledH947 downH947 My fieldH2513; They have madeH5414 My 32pleasantH2532 fieldH2513 A desolateH8077 wildernessH4057.1133It has been madeH7760 a desolationH8077, DesolateH8076, it 34mournsH56 35beforeH5921 Me; The 36wholeH3605 landH776 has been madeH8074 desolateH8074, BecauseH3588 noH369 manH376 37laysH7760 it to heartH3820.12On allH3605 the 3839bareH8205 heightsH8205 in the wildernessH4057 DestroyersH7703 have comeH935, For a 40swordH2719 of the LordH3068 is devouringH398 From one endH7097 of the landH776 even to the 41otherH7097H776; ThereH369 is 42noH369 peaceH7965 for 43anyoneH3605H1320.13They have 44sownH2232 wheatH2406 and have reapedH7114 thornsH6975, They have 45strainedH2470 themselves 46to noH3808 profitH3276. But be ashamedH954 of your 4748harvestH8393 BecauseH4480 of the 49fierceH2740 angerH639 of the LordH3068.”

14ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 concerningH5921 allH3605 My 50wickedH7451 neighborsH7934 who 51strikeH5060 at the inheritanceH5159 with whichH834 I have endowedH5157 My peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, “BeholdH2009 I am about to uprootH5428 them from their landH127 and will 52uprootH5428 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 from amongH8432 them. 15And it will comeH1961 about that afterH310 I have uprootedH5428 them, I will 53againH7725 haveH7355 compassionH7355 on them; and I will 54bringH7725 them backH7725, eachH376 oneH376 to his inheritanceH5159 and eachH376 oneH376 to his landH776. 16Then ifH518 they will reallyH3925 55learnH3925 the waysH1870 of My peopleH5971, to 56swearH7650 by My nameH8034, ‘As the LordH3068 livesH2416,’ evenH3512 as they taughtH3925 My peopleH5971 to 57swearH7650 by BaalH1168, they will be 58builtH1129 up in the midstH8432 of My peopleH5971. 17But ifH518 they will not listenH8085, then I will 59uprootH5428 that nationH1471, uprootH5428 and destroyH6 it,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.