Jeremiah 12:3-5

International Standard Version

³ You know me, Lord.
    You see me and test my thoughts^[a] toward you.
Pull the wicked^[b] out like sheep for slaughter;
    set them apart for the day of butchering.^[c]
4 How long will the land mourn
    and the vegetation of every field dry up?
Because of the wickedness of those who live in it,
    animals and birds are swept away.
        For they say, “He does not see our future.”

⁵ Indeed, if you run with others on foot,
    and they tire you out,
        how can you compete with horses?
You are secure^[d] in a land at peace,
    but how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?