Jeremiah 12:1-4

Christian Standard Bible

12 You will be righteous, Lord,^(A)
even if I bring a case against you.
Yet, I wish to contend with you:^(B)
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?^(C)
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
² You planted them,^(D) and they have taken root.
They have grown and produced fruit.
You are ever on their lips,^[a]
but far from their conscience.^[b](E)
3 As for you, Lord, you know me; you see me.^(F)
You test whether my heart is with you.^(G)
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter^(H)
and set them apart for the day of killing.
⁴ How long will the land mourn^(I)
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,^(J)
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”^[c](K)