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Jeremiah 12

Jeremiah’s Prayer

Jeremiah 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?

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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?

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Jeremiah 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.

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God’s Answer

Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 12:8

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

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Jeremiah 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.

Breakdown

speckled bird A bird that is looked down upon (e.g. blemished and unblemished lambs). the birds round about are against her The other nations. come to devour The other nations devoured the children of Israel (Psalms 83:1-8).

Israelite Foreigners

Deuteronomy 4:27 Deuteronomy 28:64 Deuteronomy 30:3 Ezra 9:7 Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 66:19 Jeremiah 23:3 Ezekiel 20:34 Ezekiel 28:25 Ezekiel 36:19 Ezekiel 36:24 Ezekiel 44:9 Joel 3:2 Amos 9:9 Tobit 13:3 Baruch 4:36-37 Baruch 5:5 2 Esdras 5:28 Matthew 24:31 Luke 21:24 John 7:35 Acts 2:5 Acts 11:19 Acts 18:2 Romans 2:28 1 Corinthians 12:2 Ephesians 2:11-12 James 1:1 Revelation 5:9 Revelation 7:9

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Jeremiah 12:10

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

The False Leaders of Israel

Isaiah 3:12 Isaiah 9:16 Jeremiah 5:26-29 Jeremiah 10:21 Jeremiah 14:13-16 Jeremiah 23:2 Jeremiah 50:6 Lamentations 2:14 Ezekiel 13:2-9 Ezekiel 33:6 Ezekiel 34:7-10 Micah 3:1-4 Micah 3:11 Zechariah 11:16 Malachi 1:6 Acts 20:30 1 Corinthians 14:8 2 Timothy 3:13 2 Peter 2:1

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 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.

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Jeremiah 12:17

But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

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