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Jeremiah 12:3-5
Lexham English Bible
Jeremiah 12:3-5
Lexham English Bible
3 But you, O Yahweh, you know me,
you see me, and you test that my heart is with you.
Tear them apart like sheep for the slaughtering,
and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
4 How long[a] will the land mourn, and the vegetation of every field dry up,
because of the wickedness of those who live in it?
The animals and the birds[b] are swept away,
because they have said, “He does not see our future.”
The Lord’s Reply
5 “If you run with foot soldiers and they have made you weary,
then how will you compete with horses?
If you have fallen in a peaceful land,[c]
then how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:4 Literally “Until when”
- Jeremiah 12:4 Hebrew “bird”
- Jeremiah 12:5 Literally “a land of peace”
Jeremiah 12:3-5
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:3-5
New International Version
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)
4 How long will the land lie parched(D)
and the grass in every field be withered?(E)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.(F)
Moreover, the people are saying,
“He will not see what happens to us.”
God’s Answer
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of
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