Jeremiah Chapter 12
12:1 | Righteous ![]() |
12:2 | Thou hast planted them, ![]() ![]() ![]() |
12:3 | But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like ![]() ![]() |
12:4 | How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not ![]() |
12:5 | If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou ![]() |
12:6 | For even thy brethren, and the ![]() ![]() |
12:7 | I have forsaken mine ![]() |
12:8 | Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. |
12:9 | Mine heritage [is] unto me [as] a speckled bird, the birds round about [are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. |
12:10 | Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under ![]() |
12:11 | They have made it desolate, [and being] desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth [it] to heart. |
12:12 | The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the ![]() |
12:13 | They have sown ![]() |
12:14 | Thus saith the LORD against all mine ![]() ![]() ![]() |
12:15 | And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. |
12:16 | And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. |
12:17 | But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD. |