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Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by
the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
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And there shall be no remnant of
them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth,
even
the year of their visitation.
CHAPTER 12
Righteous
art
thou, O L
ORD
, 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?
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.
3
But thou, O L
ORD
, 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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out
against me: therefore have I hated it.
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.
10
Many pastors
have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant
portion a desolate wilderness.
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.
12
The spoilers are come
upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the L
ORD
shall devour from the
one
end of the land even to the
other
end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
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 L
ORD
.
14
Thus saith the L
ORD
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.
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.
16
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my
people, to swear by my name, The L
ORD
liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then
shall they be built in the midst of my people.
17
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up
and destroy that nation, saith the L
ORD
.
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