“Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee. Yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”
Jeremiah 12
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1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
“Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root. They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit. Thou art near in their mouth and far from their”
“You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they bear fruit and you are near in their mouth, but far in their mind.”
“Thou has planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they bring forth fruit. You're near in their mouth and far from their reins.”
3But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
“But thou, O Lord, knowest me. Thou hast seen me and tried mine heart toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter and prepare them for the day of slaughter.”
“But thou O Lord knowest me. Thou has seen me and tried my heart toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter and prepare them for the day of slaughter.”
4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, "He cannot see what our end will be."
“How long shall the land moor and the herbs of every field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our last end.”
“how long shall the land mourn? And the herbs of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. The beast are consumed and the birds because they said he shall not see our last in and”
5"If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
“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?”
“if thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace wherein thou trustest, they have wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan,”
“If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floods of the Jordan?”
“If thou hast to run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, for him thou trustest, they have wearied thee, then how wilt thou dwell in the swelling of…”
“If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with all these? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou thirstest, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?”
6Even your brothers— your own father's household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
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7I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.
“I have forsaken my house. I have left my heritage. I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of their enemies.”
8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
“My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest. She has lifted up her voice against Me, therefore, I hate her.”
“My heritage is to me like a lion in the forest. It cries out against me. Therefore, I have hated it.”
“heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest. It cries out against me. Therefore, have I hated it?”
9Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
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10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
“Many rulers have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion underfoot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”
“many pastors have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion underfoot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”
“many pastors have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion underfoot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”
11They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
“They have made it a desolate. Desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate because no one takes it to heart.”
“They have made it desolate and being desolate, it mourns unto me. The whole land is made desolate because no man really lays it to heart.”
12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
“The spoilers are come upon all the high places through the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land even to the other end of the land, and no flesh shall have peace.”
“On all the bare heights in the wilderness, destroyers have come, for a sword, this is a curse, the word of the Lord is devouring, from one end of the land, even to the other, there's no peace for anyone.”
13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD."
“They have sown wheat, but they're going to reap thorns. They have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit, and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
“They have sown wheat and they've reaped thorns. They have strained themselves to no profit. But be ashamed of your harvest because of the what? Fierce anger of the Lord.”
14This is what the LORD says: "As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
“Thus saith the Lord against all my evil neighbors that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit. Behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck them out of the house of Judah from among them.”
“Thus says the Lord concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel. Behold, I'm about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them.”
15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
“And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out, I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.”
“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.”
16And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
“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.”
“And it shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of my people to swear by my name, saying the Lord liveth even as they have taught my people to swear by Bell, then shall they be built in the midst of my people.”
17But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD."
“But, if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and to destroy it, declares the Lord.”