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Jeremiah 12 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Jeremiah’s Prayer

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 -

Righteous are You, LORD, when I plead my case with You;

Nevertheless 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?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:2 -

You have planted them, they have also taken root;

They grow, they have also produced fruit.

You are near [fn]to their lips

But far from their [fn]mind.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 -

But You know me, LORD;

You see me

And examine my heart’s attitude toward You.

Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter,

And [fn]set them apart for a day of slaughter!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 -

How long is the land to mourn,

And the vegetation of the [fn]countryside to dry up?

Due to the wickedness of those who live in it,

Animals and birds have been snatched away,

Because people have said, “He will not see our final end.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 -

“If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out,

How can you compete with horses?

If you fall down in a land of peace,

How will you do in the thicket by the Jordan?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 -

“For even your brothers and the household of your father,

Even they have dealt treacherously with you,

Even they have called aloud after you.

Do not believe them, though they say nice things to you.”

God’s Answer

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 -

“I have forsaken My house,

I have abandoned My inheritance;

I have handed the beloved of My soul

Over to her enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:8 -

“My inheritance has become to Me

Like a lion in the forest;

She has [fn]roared against Me;

Therefore I have come to hate her.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 -

“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 animals of the field,

Bring them to devour!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 -

“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard,

They have trampled down My field;

They have made My pleasant field

A desolate wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 -

[fn]It has been made a desolation;

Desolate, it mourns [fn]before Me;

The whole land has been made desolate,

Because no one takes it to heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 -

“On all the [fn]bare heights in the wilderness

Destroyers have come,

For the sword of the LORD is devouring

From one end of the land even to the [fn]other;

There is no peace for [fn]anyone.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 -

“They have sown wheat but have harvested thorns,

They have strained themselves [fn]to no profit.

So be ashamed of your produce

Because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 -

This is what the LORD says concerning all My wicked neighbors who do harm to the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel: “Behold, I am going to drive them out of their land, and I will drive the house of Judah out from among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:15 - “And it will come about that after I have driven them out, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - “Then, if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ just as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:17 - “But if they do not listen, then I will drive out that nation, drive it out and destroy it,” declares the LORD.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit in their mouth
Lit kidneys
Lit sanctify them
Lit whole field
Lit raised her voice
Lit One has made it
Or upon
Or caravan trails
Lit other end of the land
Lit all flesh
Lit they do not profit
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