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Jeremiah 12:3-5
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 12:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 But You (A)know me, Lord;
You see me
And (B)examine my heart’s attitude toward You.
Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter,
And [a]set them apart for a (C)day of slaughter!
4 How long is the (D)land to mourn,
And the (E)vegetation of the [b]countryside to dry up?
Due to the (F)wickedness of those who live in it,
(G)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because people have said, “He will not see our final (H)end.”
5 “If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out,
How can you compete with horses?
If you fall down in a land of peace,
How will you do in the (I)thicket by the Jordan?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:3 Lit sanctify them
- Jeremiah 12:4 Lit whole field
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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