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Jeremiah 12
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Jeremiah 12
New International Version
Jeremiah’s Complaint
12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.(G)
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
you see me and test(H) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(I) to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(J)
4 How long will the land lie parched(K)
and the grass in every field be withered?(L)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.(M)
Moreover, the people are saying,
“He will not see what happens to us.”
God’s Answer
5 “If you have raced with men on foot
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[a] in safe country,
how will you manage in the thickets(N) by[b] the Jordan?
6 Your relatives, members of your own family—
even they have betrayed you;
they have raised a loud cry against you.(O)
Do not trust them,
though they speak well of you.(P)
7 “I will forsake(Q) my house,
abandon(R) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(S)
into the hands of her enemies.(T)
8 My inheritance has become to me
like a lion(U) in the forest.
She roars at me;
therefore I hate her.(V)
9 Has not my inheritance become to me
like a speckled bird of prey
that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.(W)
10 Many shepherds(X) will ruin my vineyard
and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
into a desolate wasteland.(Y)
11 It will be made a wasteland,(Z)
parched and desolate before me;(AA)
the whole land will be laid waste
because there is no one who cares.
12 Over all the barren heights in the desert
destroyers will swarm,
for the sword(AB) of the Lord(AC) will devour(AD)
from one end of the land to the other;(AE)
no one will be safe.(AF)
13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(AG)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(AH)
14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(AI) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(AJ) them from their lands and I will uproot(AK) the people of Judah from among them. 15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion(AL) and will bring(AM) each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. 16 And if they learn(AN) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(AO)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(AP)—then they will be established among my people.(AQ) 17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy(AR) it,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
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Jeremiah 12
King James Version
Jeremiah 12
King James Version
12 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
14 Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
Jeremías 12
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Jeremías 12
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Queja de Jeremías
12 Tú, Señor, eres justo
cuando discuto contigo.
Sin embargo, quisiera exponerte
algunas cuestiones de justicia.
¿Por qué prosperan los malvados?
¿Por qué viven tranquilos los traidores?
2 Tú los plantas, y ellos echan raíces;
crecen y dan fruto.
Te tienen cerca de su boca,
pero estás lejos de su corazón.
3 Señor, tú me conoces;
tú me ves y sabes lo que siento por ti.
Arrástralos como ovejas al matadero;
apártalos para el día de la matanza.
4 ¿Hasta cuándo estará seca la tierra,
y marchita la hierba de todos los campos?
Los animales y las aves se mueren
por la maldad de los que habitan el país,
quienes se atreven a decir:
«Dios no verá nuestro fin».
Respuesta de Dios
5 «Si los que corren a pie han hecho que te canses,
¿cómo competirás con los caballos?
Si te sientes confiado en una tierra tranquila,
¿qué harás en la espesura del Jordán?
6 Aun tus hermanos, los de tu propia familia,
te han traicionado y gritan contra ti.
Por más que te digan cosas agradables,
no confíes en ellos.
7 »He abandonado mi casa,
he rechazado mi herencia,
he entregado a mi pueblo amado
en poder de sus enemigos.
8 Mis herederos se han comportado conmigo
como leones en la selva.
Lanzan rugidos contra mí;
por eso los aborrezco.
9 Mi heredad es para mí
como un ave de muchos colores
acosada por las aves de rapiña.
¡Id y reunid a todos los animales salvajes!
¡Traedlos para que la devoren!
10 Muchos pastores han destruido mi viña,
han pisoteado mi terreno;
han hecho de mi hermosa parcela
un desierto desolado.
11 La han dejado en ruinas,
seca y desolada ante mis ojos;
todo el país ha sido arrasado
porque a nadie le importa.
12 Sobre todas las lomas del desierto
vinieron depredadores.
La espada del Señor destruirá al país
de un extremo al otro,
y para nadie habrá paz.
13 Sembraron trigo y cosecharon espinos;
¡de nada les valió su esfuerzo!
Por causa de la ardiente ira del Señor
se avergonzarán de sus cosechas».
14 Así dice el Señor: «En cuanto a todos los vecinos malvados que tocaron la heredad que le di a mi pueblo Israel, los arrancaré de sus tierras, y a la tribu de Judá la quitaré de en medio de ellos. 15 Después que los haya desarraigado, volveré a tener compasión de ellos, y los haré regresar, cada uno a su heredad y a su propio país. 16 Y, si aprenden bien los caminos de mi pueblo, y, si así como enseñaron a mi pueblo a jurar por Baal, aprenden a jurar por mi nombre y dicen: “Por la vida del Señor”, entonces serán establecidos en medio de mi pueblo. 17 Pero a la nación que no obedezca, la desarraigaré por completo y la destruiré», afirma el Señor.
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