Jeremiah 12:3-5

Easy-to-Read Version

³ But you know my heart, Lord.
    You see me and test my mind.
Drag the evil people away like sheep to be killed.
    Choose them for the day of slaughter.
⁴ How much longer will the land be dry?
    How long will the grass be dry and dead?
The birds and the animals of this land have all died,
    and it is the fault of the wicked.
But they are saying,
    “Jeremiah will not live long enough to see what happens to us.”

⁵ “Jeremiah, if running in a race against men makes you tired,
    how will you race against horses?
If you trip and fall in a safe place,
    what will you do in a dangerous place?
What will you do in the thornbushes
    that grow along the Jordan River?