Jeremiah 12 Righteous are You, O Yahweh, When I plead towards you, Only, judgments do I speak with You, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Righteous [are] You, O Yahweh, When I plead towards you, Only, judgments do I speak with You, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers." ² You have planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near [are] You in their mouth, And far off from their reins." ³ And You, O Yahweh, You have known me, You see me, and have tried my heart with You, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter." ⁴ Till when does the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He does not see our latter end.'" ⁵ For--with footmen you have run, And they weary you, And how do you fret yourself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] you are confident--And how do you in the rising of Jordan!" ⁶ For even your brethren and the house of your father, Even they dealt treacherously against you, Even they--they called after you fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to you good things." ⁷ I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies." ⁸ Mine inheritance has been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her." ⁹ A speckled fowl [is] Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come you for food." ¹⁰ Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness--a desolation." ¹¹ He has made it become a desolation, The desolation has mourned unto Me, Desolated has been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart." ¹² On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of Yahweh is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh." ¹³ They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick--they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Yahweh." ¹⁴ Thus said Yahweh concerning all my evil neighbors, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused my people--Israel--to inherit:`Lo, I am plucking them from off their ground, And the house of Judah I pluck out of their midst." ¹⁵ And it has been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land." ¹⁶ And it has come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Yahweh lives,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people." ¹⁷ And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Yahweh!'"