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11.23
JEREMIAH
- 23And there shall be no remnant unto them;
- For I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth,
- Even the year of their visitation.
- 12Right wouldest Thou be, O Lord,
- Were I to contend with Thee,
- Yet will I reason with Thee:
- Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?
- Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?
- 2Thou 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.
- 3But Thou, O Lord, knowest me,
- Thou seest me, and triest my heart toward Thee;
- Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
- And prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- 4How long shall the land mourn,
- And the herbs of the whole field wither?
- For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds;
- Because they said: 'He seeth not our end.'
- 5'If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,
- Then how canst thou contend with horses?
- And though in a land of peace thou art secure,
- Yet how wilt thou do in the thickets of the Jordan?
- 6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father,
- Even they have dealt treacherously with thee,
- Even they have cried aloud after thee;
- Believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.'
- 7I have forsaken My house,
- I have cast off My heritage;
- I have given the dearly beloved of My soul
- Into the hand of her enemies.
- 8My heritage is become unto Me
- As a lion in the forest;
- She hath uttered her voice against Me;
- Therefore have I hated her.
- 9Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey?
- Are the birds of prey against her round about?
- Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field,
- Bring them to devour.
- 10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard,
- They have trodden My portion under foot,
- They have made My pleasant portion
- A desolate wilderness.
- 11They have made it a desolation,
- It mourneth unto Me, being desolate;
- The whole land is made desolate,
- Because no man layeth it to heart.
- 12Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come;
- For the sword of the Lord devoureth
- From the one end of the land even to the other end of the land,
- No flesh hath peace.
- 13They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns;
- They have put themselves to pain, they profit not;
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