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Drag them off like sheep to be butchered! Set them apart for the day of slaughter! <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> But as for me, LORD, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts. Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered! Set them aside to be slaughtered! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> But you, O LORD, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12.htm">King James Bible</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/12.htm">New King James Version</a> But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But You know me, LORD; You see me And examine my heart’s attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter, And set them apart for a day of slaughter! <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> But You know me, O LORD; You see me; And You examine my heart&#8217s attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But Thou knowest me, O LORD; Thou seest me; And Thou dost examine my heart’s attitude toward Thee. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But You, O Yahweh, You know me; You see me; And You test my heart’s attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! <a href="/amp/jeremiah/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But You, O LORD, know me [and understand my devotion to You]; You see me; And You examine the attitude of my heart toward You. Drag out the faithless like sheep for the slaughter [O LORD] And set them apart for the day of slaughter. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As for you, LORD, you know me; you see me. You test whether my heart is with you. Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As for You, LORD, You know me; You see me. You test whether my heart is with You. Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But you know, LORD, how faithful I've always been, even in my thoughts. So drag my enemies away and butcher them like sheep! <a href="/erv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You know me, O LORD. You see me and test my devotion to you. Drag them away like sheep to be slaughtered. Prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> You know me, LORD. You see me and test my thoughts toward you. Pull the wicked out like sheep for slaughter; set them apart for the day of butchering. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage. <a href="/net/jeremiah/12.htm">NET Bible</a> But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed! <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But you, LORD, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried my heart towards thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/web/jeremiah/12.htm">World English Bible</a> But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And You, O YHWH, You have known me, "" You see me, and have tried my heart with You, "" Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, "" And separate them for a day of slaughter. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And thou, Jehovah, knew me: thou wilt see me, and thou didst try my heart with thee: pluck them out as sheep for the slaughter, and consecrate them to the day of slaughter.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you, O Lord, have known me well. You have seen me, and you have tested my heart with you. Gather them together like a flock for the sacrifice and sanctify them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Bible</a> LORD, you know me, you see me, you have found that my heart is with you. Pick them out like sheep for the butcher, set them apart for the day of slaughter. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But you, O LORD, know me; You see me and test me—my heart is with you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou hast seen me and tried my heart before thee; prepare them like sheep for the slaughter, and invite them for the day of destruction. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you, LORD JEHOVAH, you have known me, and you have seen me and you tested my heart before you. Prepare them as sheep for slaughter and summon them to the day of killing<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But Thou, O LORD, knowest me, Thou seest me, and triest my heart toward Thee; Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But thou, Lord, knowest me; thou hast proved my heart before thee; purify them for the day of their slaughter. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3660" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">The Prosperity of the Wicked</a> …2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts. 3<a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">But You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yə·ḏa‘·tā·nî (V-Qal-Perf-2ms:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: tir·’ê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">You see me</a> <a href="/hebrew/974.htm" title="974: ū·ḇā·ḥan·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To examine, try. A primitive root; to test; generally and figuratively, to investigate.">and test</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">toward You.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5423.htm" title="5423: hat·ti·qêm (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3mp) -- To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off. A primitive root; to tear off.">Drag away the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: kə·ṣōn (Prep-k:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">like sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/2878.htm" title="2878: lə·ṭiḇ·ḥāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter. Feminine of tebach and meaning the same.">to the slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·haq·di·šêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">and set them apart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: lə·yō·wm (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">for the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2028.htm" title="2028: hă·rê·ḡāh (N-fs) -- A slaughter. Feminine of hereg; slaughter.">of carnage.</a> 4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/139-1.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a> For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. / You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. / You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. ... <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12-13</a> For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. / Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a> But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.” <a href="/john/2-24.htm">John 2:24-25</a> But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. / He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man. <a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalm 7:9</a> Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds. <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a> Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. <a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">1 Chronicles 28:9</a> As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. <a href="/romans/8-27.htm">Romans 8:27</a> And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. <a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a> A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a> Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. <a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Psalm 26:2</a> Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a> I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve. <a href="/psalms/44-21.htm">Psalm 44:21</a> would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? <a href="/acts/1-24.htm">Acts 1:24</a> And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen <a href="/1_kings/8-39.htm">1 Kings 8:39</a> be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But you, O LORD, know me: you have seen me, and tried my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.knowest.<a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.<a href="/2_kings/20-3.htm">2 Kings 20:3</a> I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.<a href="/1_chronicles/29-17.htm">1 Chronicles 29:17</a> I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.toward.<a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a> Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.<a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21-23</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle… <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.the day.<a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Jeremiah 11:19</a> But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.<a href="/psalms/44-22.htm">Psalm 44:22</a> Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.<a href="/james/5-5.htm">James 5:5</a> Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">Attitude</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Drag</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/songs/3-3.htm">Heart's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Test</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Testing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-27.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Triest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Try</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/22-7.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/luke/1-17.htm">Attitude</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Drag</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Heart's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-7.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Seest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Test</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Testing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-53.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Triest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Try</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 12</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin.</a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">God admonishes him of his brothers' treachery against him;</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">and laments his heritage.</a> 14. <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">He promises to the penitent return from captivity.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase emphasizes God's omniscience and personal relationship with Jeremiah. The prophet acknowledges that God has an intimate understanding of his character and intentions. This reflects the biblical theme that God knows the hearts of all people (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>, <a href="/psalms/139.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a>). Jeremiah's appeal to God's knowledge of him underscores his sincerity and the authenticity of his prophetic mission.You see me and test my heart toward You. Jeremiah recognizes that God not only sees his external actions but also tests his inner motivations and faithfulness. This testing is a common biblical theme, seen in the lives of figures like Abraham (<a href="/genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1</a>) and Job (<a href="/job/23-10.htm">Job 23:10</a>). The testing of the heart is a divine process to refine and prove one's faith and commitment to God, aligning with the New Testament teaching in <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a>.Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter Jeremiah calls for divine justice against the wicked, using the metaphor of sheep being led to slaughter. This imagery is vivid in its depiction of judgment and is consistent with prophetic literature that often uses agricultural metaphors. The idea of the wicked being led to slaughter is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a>, which also serves as a type of Christ, the Lamb led to slaughter for the sins of humanity.and set them apart for the day of carnage. This phrase speaks to the concept of divine retribution and the setting apart of the wicked for judgment. The "day of carnage" refers to a time of God's wrath and justice, a theme prevalent in prophetic writings (<a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6</a>, <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>). This separation of the wicked for judgment is reminiscent of the parable of the sheep and goats in <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a>, where the righteous and wicked are divided for their respective fates.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who is speaking in this verse, expressing his deep trust in God and his frustration with the wicked. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The God of Israel, who knows and tests the hearts of His people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a> Those who oppose God and His prophet, whom Jeremiah asks God to judge. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sheep_to_be_slaughtered.htm">Sheep to be slaughtered</a> A metaphor for the impending judgment and destruction of the wicked. 5. <a href="/topical/d/day_of_carnage.htm">Day of Carnage</a> A prophetic reference to the time of God's judgment against the wicked.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a> God knows us intimately, including our thoughts and intentions. We can take comfort in His understanding and guidance. <a href="/topical/t/testing_of_the_heart.htm">Testing of the Heart</a> God tests our hearts to refine our faith and character. We should welcome His testing as a means of growth. <a href="/topical/r/righteous_anger_and_justice.htm">Righteous Anger and Justice</a> It's natural to feel anger towards injustice, but we must trust God to execute judgment in His perfect timing. <a href="/topical/m/metaphors_of_judgment.htm">Metaphors of Judgment</a> The imagery of sheep to be slaughtered serves as a sobering reminder of the reality of God's judgment. It calls us to live righteously and warn others of the coming judgment. <a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_trust.htm">Prayer and Trust</a> Like Jeremiah, we should bring our concerns and frustrations to God in prayer, trusting Him to act justly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 12</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_34__judgment_inconsistencies.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Are there any inconsistencies with other prophetic books about how judgment is executed and who is held accountable?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'cross_is_foolishness'_mean.htm">What is the Lord's oracle?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_proof_of_god's_speech_today.htm">In Job 33:14, if God truly speaks in multiple ways, why is there no verifiable evidence of such divine communication today?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_the_unethical_often_succeed.htm">Proverbs 2 depicts a direct correlation between virtue and success--why do corrupt or unethical individuals often thrive in reality?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Thou, O Lord, knowest me.--Like all faithful sufferers from evil-doers before and after him, the prophet appeals to the righteous Judge, who knows how falsely he has been accused. In words in which the natural impatience of suffering shows itself as clearly as in the complaints of Psalms 69, 109, he asks that the judgment may be immediate, open, terrible. As if recalling the very phrase which he had himself but lately used (<a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm" title="But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.">Jeremiah 11:19</a>), he prays that they too may be as "sheep for the slaughter," dragged or torn away from their security to the righteous penalty of their wrong.Prepare.--Better, devote. The Hebrew word, as in <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm" title="Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.">Jeremiah 6:4</a>, involves the idea of consecration.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Hast seen me, and tried; rather, seest me, and triest. Pull them out. Perhaps this is correct, and there is an allusion to the figure of the plant in Ver. 2. But the verb need mean no more than "separate" (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29</a>). Prepare them; literally, consecrate them, as victims for the sacrifice. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But You וְאַתָּ֤ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you know me, יְדַעְתָּ֔נִי (yə·ḏa‘·tā·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know O LORD; יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel You see me תִּרְאֵ֕נִי (tir·’ê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see and test וּבָחַנְתָּ֥ (ū·ḇā·ḥan·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_974.htm">Strong's 974: </a> To test, to investigate my heart לִבִּ֖י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre toward You. אִתָּ֑ךְ (’it·tāḵ) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among Drag away [the wicked] הַתִּקֵם֙ (hat·ti·qêm) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5423.htm">Strong's 5423: </a> To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off like sheep כְּצֹ֣אן (kə·ṣōn) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock to the slaughter לְטִבְחָ֔ה (lə·ṭiḇ·ḥāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2878.htm">Strong's 2878: </a> Thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter and set them apart וְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖ם (wə·haq·di·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated for the day לְי֥וֹם (lə·yō·wm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of carnage. הֲרֵגָֽה׃ (hă·rê·ḡāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2028.htm">Strong's 2028: </a> A slaughter <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 12:3 But you Yahweh know me (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>