Jeremiah 12 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 You would be in the right, O LORD, if I should dispute with you; even so, I must lay out the case against you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, why do all the treacherous live in contentment? Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You planted them; they have taken root, they flourish and bear fruit as well. You are upon their lips, but far from their thoughts. You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart. You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.
3 LORD, you know me, you see me, you have found that my heart is with you. Pick them out like sheep for the butcher, set them apart for the day of slaughter. But you, O LORD, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter. Yet you know me, LORD; you see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag them off like sheep to be butchered! Set them apart for the day of slaughter!
4 How long must the land mourn, the grass of the whole countryside wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it beasts and birds disappear, for they say, “God does not care about our future.” How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, “He will not see our latter end.” How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”
5 If running against men has wearied you, how will you race against horses? And if you are safe only on a level stretch, what will you do in the jungle of the Jordan? “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?
6 Your kindred and your father’s house, even they betray you; they have recruited a force against you. Do not believe them, even when they speak fair words to you. For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.” Your relatives, members of your own family— even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
7 I have abandoned my house, cast off my heritage; The beloved of my soul I have delivered into the hand of her foes. “I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies. “I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.
8 My heritage has become for me like a lion in the thicket; She has raised her voice against me, therefore she has incurred my hatred. My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her. My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.
9 My heritage is a prey for hyenas, is surrounded by vultures; Come, gather together, all you wild animals, come and eat! Is my heritage to me like a hyena’s lair? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour. 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.
10 Many shepherds have ravaged my vineyard, have trampled down my heritage; My delightful portion they have turned into a desert waste. Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
11 They have made it a mournful waste, desolate before me, Desolate, the whole land, because no one takes it to heart. They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares.
12 Upon every height in the wilderness marauders have appeared. The LORD has a sword that consumes the land from end to end: no peace for any living thing. Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace. Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm, for the sword of the LORD will devour from one end of the land to the other; no one will be safe.
13 They have sown wheat and reaped thorns, they have tired themselves out for no purpose; They are shamed by their harvest, the burning anger of the LORD. They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.” They will sow wheat but reap thorns; they will wear themselves out but gain nothing. They will bear the shame of their harvest because of the LORD’s fierce anger.”
14 Thus says the LORD, against all my evil neighbors who plunder the heritage I gave my people Israel as their own: See, I will uproot them from their land; the house of Judah I will uproot in their midst. Thus says the LORD concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. This is what the LORD says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the people of Judah from among them.
15 But after uprooting them, I will have compassion on them again and bring them back, each to their heritage, each to their land. And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land. But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country.
16 And if they truly learn my people’s custom of swearing by my name, “As the LORD lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.
17 But if they do not obey, I will uproot and destroy that nation entirely—oracle of the LORD. But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD.” But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the LORD.
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