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Jeremiah 12:2-4
New International Reader's Version
Jeremiah 12:2-4
New International Reader's Version
2 You have planted them.
Their roots are deep in the ground.
They grow and produce fruit.
They honor you by what they say.
But their hearts are far away from you.
3 Lord, you know me and see me.
You test my thoughts about you.
Drag those people off like sheep to be killed!
Set them apart for the day of their death!
4 How long will the land be thirsty for water?
How long will the grass in every field be dry?
The people who live in the land are evil.
So the animals and birds have died.
And that’s not all. The people are saying,
“The Lord won’t see what happens to us.”
Jeremiah 12:2-4
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:2-4
New International Version
2 You have planted(A) them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.(B)
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.(C)
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
you see me and test(D) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(E) to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(F)
4 How long will the land lie parched(G)
and the grass in every field be withered?(H)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.(I)
Moreover, the people are saying,
“He will not see what happens to us.”
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