Text -- Jeremiah 12:1 (NET)

12:1 Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 12:1

¹ tn Or “Lord, you are fair when I present my case before you.”

² tn Heb “judgments” or “matters of justice.” For the nuance of “complain to,” “fair,” “disposition of justice” assumed here, see BDB 936 s.v. רִיב Qal.4 (cf. Judg 21:22); BDB 843 s.v. צַדִּיק 1.d (cf. Ps 7:12; 11:7); BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 1.f (cf. Isa 26:8; Ps 10:5; Ezek 7:27).

³ tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”