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bes@Jeremiah:12:1 @ Righteous art thou, O Lord, that I may make my defence to thee, yea, I will speak to thee of judgements. Why is it that the way of ungodly men prospers? that all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

bes@Jeremiah:12:2 @ Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; thou art near to their mouth, and far from their reins.

bes@Jeremiah:12:3 @ But thou, Lord, knowest me; thou hast proved my heart before thee; purify them for the day of their slaughter.

bes@Jeremiah:12:4 @ How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them, that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because the people said, God shall not see our ways.

bes@Jeremiah:12:5 @ Thy feet run, and they cause thee to faint; how wilt thou prepare (note:)Or, flight(:note) to ride upon horses? and thou hast been confident in the land of thy peace? how wilt thou do in the roaring of Jordan?

bes@Jeremiah:12:6 @ For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even these have (note:)Or, set thee at nought(:note) dealt treacherously with thee; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of thee; trust not thou in them, though they shall speak fair words to thee.

bes@Jeremiah:12:7 @ I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given (note:)Gr. my beloved soul(:note) my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.

bes@Jeremiah:12:8 @ My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her.

bes@Jeremiah:12:9 @ Is not my inheritance to me a (note:)Alex. cave of robbers(:note) hyaena’s cave, or a cave round about her? Go ye, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.

bes@Jeremiah:12:10 @ Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

bes@Jeremiah:12:11 @ it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.

bes@Jeremiah:12:12 @ The ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace.

bes@Jeremiah:12:13 @ Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

bes@Jeremiah:12:14 @ For thus saith the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbours that touch mine inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I will draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.

bes@Jeremiah:12:15 @ And it shall come to pass, after I have cast them out, that I will return, and have mercy upon them, and will cause them to dwell every one in his inheritance, and every one is his land.

bes@Jeremiah:12:16 @ And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of my people, to swear by my name, saying, The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall that nation be built in the midst of my people.

bes@Jeremiah:12:17 @ But if they will not return, then will I cut off that nation with utter ruin and destruction.

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