ABP - Jeremiah - 12

12:1  You are righteous, O lord, that I may plead to you. [4only 5concerning judgments 1I will speak 2to 3you]. Why is it that the way of the impious prospers? [5prospered 1All 2the ones 3disrespecting 4in wickedness].

12:2  You planted them, and they were rooted. They produced children, and they produced fruit. [3near 2are 1You] their mouth, and at a distance from their kidneys.

12:3  And you, O lord, know me. You have tried my heart before you. Gather them as a flock for a sacrifice, and purify them for the day of slaughter!

12:4  For how long will [3mourn 1the 2land], and all the grass of the field be dried, because of the evils of the ones dwelling in it? [4were removed from view 1The cattle 2and 3the winged creatures]; for they said, [2shall not 3see 1God] our ways.

12:5  Your feet run, and they cause you to faint. How will you make preparations to ride upon horses? and [2in 3the land 4of your peace 1you have relied]. How will you do in the neighing of the Jordan?

12:6  For even your brethren and the house of your father, even they disregarded you; and they yelled out; [2at 3your rear 1they assembled]; you should not trust in them when they speak with you good words.

12:7  I have abandoned my house; I let go of my inheritance; I gave the one being loved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.

12:8  [2became 1My inheritance] to me as a lion in the forest; she uttered [2against 3me 1her voice]; on account of this I detested her.

12:9  Is not the cave of a hyena my inheritance to me, the cave round about her against her? Proceed, bring together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to eat her!

12:10  [2shepherds 1Many] corrupted my vineyard, they tainted my portion; they made [2portion 1my desirable] for [2wilderness 1an untrodden].

12:11  It was appointed for extinction by destruction; on account of me [5in extinction 4was obliterated 1all 2the 3land], for there is no man putting it to heart.

12:12  Upon every mountain pass in the wilderness [2came 1the ones causing misery]. For the sword of the lord shall devour from one tip of the land unto the other tip of the land; there is no peace to all flesh.

12:13  You sowed wheat, and [2thorn-bushes 1harvested]. Their lots shall not benefit them. Be ashamed of your boasting, because of scorn before the lord!

12:14  For thus says the lord, Concerning all the [2neighbors 1wicked] of the ones touching my inheritance, which I portioned to my people Israel -- behold, I draw them away from their land, and Judah I will cast out from the midst of them.

12:15  And it will be after [2casting 4out 1my 3them], I will return, and I will show mercy on them, and I will settle them each in his inheritance, and each in his land.

12:16  And it will be if in learning they should learn the way of my people, to swear by an oath to my name, saying, As the lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by an oath to Baal, then they shall be edified in the midst of my people.

12:17  But if they should not return, then I shall lift away that nation by removal and destruction, says the lord.