Jeremiah 12:1-4

International Children’s Bible

12 Lord, if I complain to you,
    you are always right.
But I want to ask you about the justice you give.
    Why are evil people successful?
    Why do dishonest people have such easy lives?
² You have put the evil people here.
    They are like plants with strong roots.
    They grow and produce fruit.
With their mouths they speak well of you.
    But their hearts are really far away from you.
³ But you know my heart, Lord.
    You see me and test my mind.
Drag the evil people away like sheep to be butchered.
    Set them aside for the day of killing.
⁴ How much longer will the land stay dried up?
    How long will the grass in every field be dead?
The animals and birds in the land have died.
    And it is because the people are evil.
Yet, they are saying,
    “God does not see what happens to us!”