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Jeremiah 12:1-17

12:1

Righteous
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[art] thou, O LORD
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when I plead
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with thee: yet let me talk
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with thee of [thy] judgments
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Wherefore doth the way
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of the wicked
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prosper
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[wherefore] are all they happy
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that deal very
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treacherously
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{talk...: or, reason the case with thee}

12:2

Thou hast planted
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them, yea, they have taken root
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they grow
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yea, they bring forth
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fruit
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thou [art] near
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in their mouth
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and far from
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their reins
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{they grow: Heb. they go on}

12:3

But thou, O LORD
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knowest
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me: thou hast seen
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me, and tried
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mine heart
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toward thee: pull them out
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like sheep
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for the slaughter
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and prepare
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them for the day
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of slaughter
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{toward...: Heb. with thee}

12:4

How long shall the land
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mourn
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and the herbs
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of every field
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wither
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for the wickedness
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of them that dwell
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therein? the beasts
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are consumed
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and the birds
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because they said
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He shall not see
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our last end
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12:5

If thou hast run
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with the footmen
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and they have wearied
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thee, then how canst thou contend
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with horses
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and [if] in the land
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of peace
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[wherein] thou trustedst
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[they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do
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in the swelling
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of Jordan
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12:6

For even thy brethren
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and the house
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of thy father
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even they have dealt treacherously
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with thee; yea, they have called
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a multitude
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after
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thee: believe
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them not, though they speak
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fair words
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unto thee. {they have called...: or, they cried after thee fully} {fair...: Heb. good things}

12:7

I have forsaken
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mine house
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I have left
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mine heritage
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I have given
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the dearly beloved
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of my soul
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into the hand
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of her enemies
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{the dearly...: Heb. the love}

12:8

Mine heritage
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is unto me as a lion
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in the forest
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it crieth out
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against me: therefore have I hated
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it. {crieth...: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice}

12:9

Mine heritage
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[is] unto me [as] a speckled
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bird
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the birds
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round about
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[are] against her; come
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ye, assemble
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all the beasts
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of the field
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come
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to devour
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{speckled: or, taloned} {come to: or, cause them to come to}

12:10

Many
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pastors
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have destroyed
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my vineyard
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they have trodden
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my portion
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under foot
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they have made
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my pleasant
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portion
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a desolate
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wilderness
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{pleasant...: Heb. portion of desire}

12:11

They have made
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it desolate
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[and being] desolate
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it mourneth
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unto me; the whole land
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is made desolate
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because no man
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layeth
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[it] to heart
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12:12

The spoilers
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are come
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upon all high places
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through the wilderness
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for the sword
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of the LORD
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shall devour
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from the [one] end
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of the land
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even to the [other] end
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of the land
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no flesh
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shall have peace
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12:13

They have sown
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wheat
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but shall reap
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thorns
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they have put themselves to pain
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[but] shall not profit
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and they shall be ashamed
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of your revenues
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because of the fierce
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anger
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of the LORD
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{they shall: or, ye shall}

12:14

Thus saith
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the LORD
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against all mine evil
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neighbours
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that touch
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the inheritance
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which I have caused my people
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Israel
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to inherit
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Behold, I will pluck them out
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of their land
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and pluck out
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the house
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of Judah
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from among
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them.

12:15

And it shall come to pass, after
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that I have plucked them out
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I will return
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and have compassion
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on them, and will bring them again
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every man
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to his heritage
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and every man
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to his land
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12:16

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently
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learn
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the ways
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of my people
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to swear
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by my name
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The LORD
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liveth
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as they taught
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my people
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to swear
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by Baal
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then shall they be built
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in the midst
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of my people
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12:17

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