²⁵ Far be it from you to do such a thing^(A)—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous^(B) and the wicked alike.^(C) Far be it from you! Will not the Judge^(D) of all the earth do right?”^(E)

⁶ The leaders of Israel and the king humbled^(A) themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”^(B)

Jeremiah’s Complaint