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Jeremiah 12:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 12:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.(A)
You test whether my heart is with You.(B)
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter(C)
and set them apart for the day of killing.
4 How long will the land mourn(D)
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”[a](E)
The Lord’s Response
5 If you have raced with runners
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[b] in a peaceful land,
what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?(F)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:4 LXX reads see our ways
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or you are secure
Jeremiah 12:3-5
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:3-5
New International Version
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)
4 How long will the land lie parched(D)
and the grass in every field be withered?(E)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.(F)
Moreover, the people are saying,
“He will not see what happens to us.”
God’s Answer
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of
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