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Jeremiah 12 NASB 1977
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<br> <i>Why</i> are all those who deal in treachery at ease? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Thou hast planted them, they have also taken root; <br> They grow, they have even produced fruit. <br> Thou art near to their lips <br> But far from their mind. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But Thou knowest me, O LORD; <br> Thou seest me; <br> And Thou dost examine my heart’s <i>attitude</i> toward Thee. <br> Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter <br> And set them apart for a day of carnage! <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>How long is the land to mourn <br> And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? <br> For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, <br> Animals and birds have been snatched away, <br> Because <i>men</i> have said, “He will not see our latter ending.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, <br> Then how can you compete with horses? <br> If you fall down in a land of peace, <br> How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“For even your brothers and the household of your father, <br> Even they have dealt treacherously with you, <br> Even they have cried aloud after you. <br> Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you.” <p><b><i>God’s Answer</i></b><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“I have forsaken My house, <br> I have abandoned My inheritance; <br> I have given the beloved of My soul <br> Into the hand of her enemies. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“My inheritance has become to Me <br> Like a lion in the forest; <br> She has roared against Me; <br> Therefore I have come to hate her. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? <br> Are the birds of prey against her on every side? <br> Go, gather all the beasts of the field, <br> Bring them to devour! <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, <br> They have trampled down My field; <br> They have made My pleasant field <br> A desolate wilderness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“It has been made a desolation, <br> Desolate, it mourns before Me; <br> The whole land has been made desolate, <br> Because no man lays it to heart. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“On all the bare heights in the wilderness <br> Destroyers have come, <br> For a sword of the LORD is devouring <br> From one end of the land even to the other; <br> There is no peace for anyone. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, <br> They have strained themselves to no profit. <br> But be ashamed of your harvest <br> Because of the fierce anger of the LORD.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, “Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Then it will come about that if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of My people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/jeremiah/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it,” declares the LORD.</div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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