Jeremiah 12:2-4

Good News Translation

² You plant them, and they take root;
    they grow and bear fruit.
They always speak well of you,
    yet they do not really care about you.
³ But, Lord, you know me;
    you see what I do
    and how I love you.
Drag these evil people away like sheep to be butchered;
    guard them until it is time for them to be slaughtered.
⁴ How long will our land be dry,
    and the grass in every field be withered?
Animals and birds are dying
    because of the wickedness of our people,
    people who say, ‘God doesn't see what we are doing.’”^[a]