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Chapter
12
- 12:1
- 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?
- 12:2
- 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.
- 12:3
- 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.
- 12:4
- 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.
- 12:5
- 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?
- 12:6
- 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.
- 12:7
- 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.
- 12:8
- Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth
out against me: therefore have I hated it.
- 12:9
- 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.
- 12:10
- Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden
my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a
desolate wilderness.
- 12:11
- 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.
- 12:12
- 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.
- 12:13
- 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.
- 12:14
- 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.
- 12:15
- 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.
- 12:16
- 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.
- 12:17
- But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy
that nation, saith the LORD.
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