Jeremiah 12:3-5

New Century Version

³ But you know my heart, Lord.
    You see me and test my thoughts about you.
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
    and the grass in every field be dead?
The animals and birds in the land have died,
    because the people are evil.
Yes, they are even saying,
    “God does not see what happens to us.”

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