Jeremiah:12

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* righteous art thou , O Lord , that I could plead with thee ; yet must I speak of justice with thee : Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy ? do all those prosper that deal treacherously ? * Thou hast planted them ; they have also taken root ; they grow ; they also bring forth fruit : thou art near , in their mouth , and far from their mind . * But thou , O Lord , knowest me ; thou seest me , and probest my heart toward thee ; set them apart like sheep for the slaughter , and destine them for the day of slaying . * How long shall the land mourn , and the herb of all the field wither ? Because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein are wholly removed the beasts and the birds ; because they said , He will not see our last end . * If thou hast run with the footmen , and they have wearied thee , how then canst thou contend with the horses ? and if in the land of peace , thou trustedst , how then wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan ? * For even thy brethren , and the house of thy father , even they have dealt treacherously with thee ; yea , even they have called forth a crowd of men after thee : believe them not , though they speak kindly unto thee . * I have forsaken my house , I have abandoned my heritage ; I have given up the most dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies . * My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest ; it sent forth its voice against me : therefore do I hate it . * Is my heritage become unto me as a bird of prey stained with blood ? so that the birds of prey are all around it ? Come ye , assemble all the beasts of the field , bring them hither to devour . * Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard , they have trodden under foot my field , they have rendered my pleasant field a desolate wilderness . * They have made it a desert , and being desolate it mourneth before me : the whole land is made desolate , because no man laid it to heart . * Over all the mountain –peaks in the wilderness did the destroyers come ; for the sword of the Lord devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land : there is no peace to any flesh . * They have sown wheat , but they reap thorns ; they have put themselves to pain have no profit ; be therefore ashamed of your products , because of the fierce anger of the Lord . * Thus hath said the Lord against all my bad neighbors , that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit , Behold , I will pluck them out of their land , and the house of Judah will I pluck out from the midst of them . * And it shall come to pass , that , after I have plucked them out , and I will again have mercy on them , and will restore them , every man to his heritage , and every man to his land . * And it shall come to pass , if they will truly learn the ways of my people , to swear by my name , As the Lord liveth ; as they had taught my people to swear by Ba ’al : that they shall then be built up in the midst of my people . * But if they will not hearken , then will I pluck out that nation , plucking out and exterminating , saith the Lord .

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