Jeremiah:12:5-17

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* If thou hast run with footmen , and they have wearied thee , how wilt thou then contend with horses ? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security , how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan ? * For even thy brethren , and the house of thy father , even they have dealt treacherously with thee , even they have cried aloud after thee . Believe them not , though they speak good [words ] unto thee . * I have forsaken my house , I have cast off my heritage , I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies . * My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest ; it hath raised its voice against me : therefore have I hated it . * My heritage is unto me [as ] a speckled bird of prey ; the birds of prey round about are against her . Go , assemble all the beasts of the field , bring them to devour . * Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard , they have trodden my portion under foot , they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness : * they have made it a desolation ; desolate , it mourneth unto me : the whole land is made desolate , for no man layeth it to heart . * Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness ; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the [other ] end of the land : no flesh hath peace . * They have sown wheat , and they reap thorns ; they have put themselves to pain , [and ] do not profit . Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues , because of the fierce anger of Jehovah . * Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours , that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit : Behold , I will pluck them up out of their land , and pluck out the house of Judah from among them . * And it shall come to pass , after I have plucked them up , I will return , and have compassion on them , and will bring them back , each one to his inheritance , and each one to his land . * And it shall come to pass , if they will diligently learn the ways of my people , to swear by my name , [As ] Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people . * And if they will not obey , I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation , saith Jehovah .

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