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Jeremiah's Complaint
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|Jeremias 12:1|a Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. b Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all c who are treacherous thrive?
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|Jeremias 12:2|You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; d you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
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|Jeremias 12:3|e But you, O LORD, know me; f you see me, and test my heart toward you. g Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for h the day of slaughter.
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|Jeremias 12:4|i How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? j For the evil of those who dwell in it k the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”
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The LORD Answers Jeremiah
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|Jeremias 12:5|“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in l the thicket of the Jordan?
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|Jeremias 12:6|For m even your brothers and the house of your father, n even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; o do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.”
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|Jeremias 12:7|“I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned p my heritage; I have given q the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
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|Jeremias 12:8|r My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.
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|Jeremias 12:9|Is s my heritage to me like t a hyena's lair? Are the u birds of prey against her all around? Go, v assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.
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|Jeremias 12:10|Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; w they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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