Jeremiah 12:5-13 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Answers Jeremiah

⁵“If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out,Then how can you compete with horses?If you fall down in a land of peace,How will you do in the ¹^,^athicket of the Jordan?⁶“For even your ^abrothers and the household of your father,Even they have dealt treacherously with you,Even they have called aloud after you.Do not believe them, although they may say ^bnice things to you.”⁷“I have ^aforsaken My house;I have abandoned My inheritance;I have given the ^bbeloved of My soulInto the hand of her enemies.⁸“My inheritance has become to MeLike a lion in the forest;She has ^agiven forth its voice against Me;Therefore I have come to ^bhate her.⁹“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?Are the ^abirds of prey against her on every side?Go, gather all the ^bbeasts of the field,Bring them to devour!¹⁰“Many ^ashepherds have ruined My ^bvineyard;They have ^ctrampled down My portion;They have made My ^ddesired portionA desolate wilderness.¹¹“¹It has been made a desolation;Desolate, it ^amourns ²before Me;The ^bwhole land has been made desolateBecause no man ^csets it upon his heart.¹²“On all the ¹^,^abare heights in the wildernessDestroyers have come,For a ^bsword of Yahweh is devouringFrom one end of the land even to the ²other;There is ^cno peace for any flesh.¹³“They have ^asown wheat and have reaped thorns;They have ^bstrained themselves ¹to no profit.But be ashamed of your ^cproduceBecause of the ^dburning anger of Yahweh.”