Jeremiah 12:3-5

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,^(E)
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”^[a](F)

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?^(G)