Jeremiah 52:33

52:33 Jehoiachin ¹  took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

Jeremiah 12:1

12:1 Lord, you have always been fair

whenever I have complained to you. ² 

However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. ³ 

Why are wicked people successful? ⁴ 

Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

[52:33]  ¹ tn The subject is unstated in the Hebrew text, but Jehoiachin is clearly the subject of the following verb.

[12:1]  ² tn Or “Lord, you are fair when I present my case before you.”

[12:1]  ³ 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).

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”