Jeremiah 12 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.
Thou hast planted them. Yeah, they have taken root.
They grow it a bring forth fruit.
Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reigns.
But thou, O Lord, knowest me. Thou hast seen me and tried my
heart toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the
slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
How long shall the land mourn, 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. 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 the trustus they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in
the swelling of Jordan? For even thy brethren and the
House of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with
thee. Yeah, they have called a
multitude after thee. Believe them not, though they
speak fair words unto thee. I have forsaken mine house, I
have left mine heritage. I have given the dearly beloved
of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest.
It crieth out against me. Therefore have I hated it.
MyHeritage is unto me as a speckled bird.
The birds round about are against her.
Come ye assemble all the beasts of the field come to devour.
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard.
They have trodden my portion under foot.
They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
They have made it desolate, and being desolate, it mourneth unto
me. The whole land is made desolate
because no man layeth it to heart.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the
wilderness. For the sword of the Lord shall
devour from the one end of the land, even to the other end of
the land. No flesh shall have peace.
They have sown wheat, but they shall reap thorns.
They have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit.
They shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce
anger of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord, against all
mine 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, 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 shall come to pass that they will diligently learn the
ways of my people to swear by My name.
The Lord liveth as they taught My people to swear by Thou.
Then shall they be built in the midst of My people.
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and
destroy that nation, sayeth the Lord.