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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 12 Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">HPBT</a> > Jeremiah 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/11.htm" title="Jeremiah 11">◄</a> Jeremiah 12 <a href="../jeremiah/13.htm" title="Jeremiah 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>You are righteous, LORD JEHOVAH, that I may judge with you, however, I am speaking justice before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, and why are all liars rich?<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>You planted them and their roots grew strong, they grew also; they produced fruit. You are near in their mouths, and you are far from their kidneys <p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>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<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>How long shall the land mourn, and every green plant of the field dry up from the evil of its inhabitants? Beast and bird have ended, for they said: “We will not see an end”<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold, you had run with the footmen, and they wore you out, and how will you contend with horses? And you trust in the land of peace, and how will you cross in the force of Jordan?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Because your brethren and the house of your father were false with you, they also spoke words about you. You shall not believe them when they will speak good about you<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>I have forsaken my house! I have forsaken my inheritance! I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies!<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>My inheritance was like a lion in a forest to me. She lifted up her voice against me; because of this, I have hated her<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>My inheritance was a speckled bird of prey to me, and the birds of prey circled around her. Every animal of the wilderness went and gathered around her and came to eat her<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Many Shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden upon my portion. They made the portion of my pleasure as a desolate wilderness<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>They wasted and destroyed it. It mourned unto me. All the land has become extremely desolate, because there is no man who brings it to his heart<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>The plunderers came on all the paths of the wilderness, because the sword of LORD JEHOVAH devours from the ends of the Earth and unto the ends of the Earth, and there is no peace to anybody<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Sow wheat and reap thorns, and labor and gain nothing, and be ashamed of your produce, because of the heat of the wrath of LORD JEHOVAH<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Thus says LORD JEHOVAH against all neighbor Shepherds who touch the inheritance that I left by inheritance to my people Israel: ‘behold, I uproot them from their place, and those of the house of Yehuda I shall uproot from among them <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>And after I will uproot them, I shall return and I shall show compassion upon them, and I shall lead them, each man to his inheritance and each man to his land <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And if they shall teach my ways to my people, that they will swear in my name: “Living is LORD JEHOVAH!”, as they had instructed my people to swear by Baal, they shall be situated among my people <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>And if they will not listen, I shall uproot this people to uproot and to destroy, says LORD JEHOVAH <p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated<br>Translated by Glenn David Bauscher<br>Glenn David Bauscher<br>Lulu Publishing<br>Copyright © 2018 Lulu Publishing<br>3rd edition Copyright © 2019<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13" /></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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>