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The Prophecy
of Jeremias 12
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee,
but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth
the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all
them that transgress, and do wickedly?
Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they
prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their
mouth, and far from their reins.
And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me,
and proved my heart with thee: gather them together
as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them for the day
of slaughter.
How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every
field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they
have said: He shall not see our last end.
If thou hast wearied with running with footmen, how
canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been
secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the
swelling of the Jordan?
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father,
even they have fought against thee, and have cried after
thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak
good things to thee.
I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance:
I have given my dear soul into the land of her enemies.
My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood:
is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated
it.
Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? Is it as
a bird died throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves,
all the beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden
my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful
portion into a desolate wilderness.
They have laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me.
With desolation is all the land made desolate; because
there is none that considereth in the heart.
The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness,
for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end
of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace
for all flesh.
They have sown wheat, and reaped thorns: they have received
an inheritance, and it shall not profit them: you shall
be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce wrath
of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord against all my wicked neighbors,
that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to
my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their
land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the
midst of them.
And when I shall have plucked them out, I will return,
and have mercy on them: and I will bring them back,
every man to his inheritance, and every man to his land.
And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and
will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name:
The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear
by baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of
my people.
But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out
and destroy that nation, saith the Lord. |
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