Verse 1
Jeremiah 12:1
New Living Translation
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LORD, you always give me justice<br>when I bring a case before you.<br>So let me bring you this complaint:<br>Why are the wicked so prosperous?<br>Why are evil people so happy?<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
צַדִּ֤יק אַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אָרִ֖יב אֵלֶ֑י/ךָ אַ֤ךְ מִשְׁפָּטִים֙ אֲדַבֵּ֣ר אוֹתָ֔/ךְ מַדּ֗וּעַ דֶּ֤רֶךְ רְשָׁעִים֙ צָלֵ֔חָה שָׁל֖וּ כָּל בֹּ֥גְדֵי בָֽגֶד
English Translation
You are righteous, O Lord, for I contend with You; I will speak of Your judgments: why does the way of the wicked prosper, all who deal treacherously thrive?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 12 Context
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LORD, you always give me justice<br>when I bring a case before you.<br>So let me bring you this comp...
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You have planted them,<br>and they have taken root and prospered.<br>Your name is on their lips,<br>...
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3
But as for me, LORD, you know my heart.<br>You see me and test my thoughts.<br>Drag these people awa...
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4
How long must this land mourn?<br>Even the grass in the fields has withered.<br>The wild animals and...
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5
“If racing against mere men makes you tired,<br>how will you race against horses?<br>If you stumble...
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6
Even your brothers, members of your own family,<br>have turned against you.<br>They plot and raise c...
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7
“I have abandoned my people, my special possession.<br>I have surrendered my dearest ones to their e...
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8
My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest,<br>so I have treated them with contemp...
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9
My chosen people act like speckled vultures,<br>but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.<br>B...
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10
“Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard,<br>trampling down the vines<br>and turning all its beauty int...
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11
They have made it an empty wasteland;<br>I hear its mournful cry.<br>The whole land is desolate,<br>...
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12
On all the bare hilltops,<br>destroying armies can be seen.<br>The sword of the LORD devours people<...
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13
My people have planted wheat<br>but are harvesting thorns.<br>They have worn themselves out,<br>but...
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14
Now this is what the LORD says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for...
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15
But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own...
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16
And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, sayin...
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But any nation who refuses to obey me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
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