Jeremiah 12:3-5

International Children’s Bible

³ But you know my heart, Lord.
    You see me and test my mind.
Drag the evil people away like sheep to be butchered.
    Set them aside for the day of killing.
⁴ How much longer will the land stay dried up?
    How long will the grass in every field be dead?
The animals and birds in the land have died.
    And it is because the people are evil.
Yet, they are saying,
    “God does not see what happens to us!”

⁵ “If you get tired racing against men,
    how can you race against horses?
You stumble in a country that is safe.
    What will you do in the thick thornbushes along the Jordan River?