{"id":1597,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer12\/"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:03:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:03:31","slug":"jer12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer12\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiah 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 12<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Righteous <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of <span class=\"add\">thy<\/span> judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? <span class=\"add\">wherefore<\/span> are all they happy that deal very treacherously?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> near in their mouth, and far from their reins.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But thou, O LORD, 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and <span class=\"add\">if<\/span> in the land of peace, <span class=\"add\">wherein<\/span> thou trustedst, <span class=\"add\">they wearied thee,<\/span> then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Mine heritage <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> unto me <span class=\"add\">as<\/span> a speckled bird, the birds round about <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They have made it desolate, <span class=\"add\">and being<\/span> desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> to heart.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the <span class=\"add\">one<\/span> end of the land even to the <span class=\"add\">other<\/span> end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, <span class=\"add\">but<\/span> shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thus saith the LORD 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Jeremiah Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer41\">41<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer42\">42<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer43\">43<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer44\">44<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer45\">45<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer46\">46<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer47\">47<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer48\">48<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer49\">49<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer50\">50<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer51\">51<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/jer52\">52<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 1\u00a0Righteous art thou, O LORD, 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\u00a0Thou 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\u00a0But thou, O LORD, 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\u00a0How 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\u00a0If 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\u00a0For 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\u00a0I 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\u00a0Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9\u00a0Mine 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\u00a0Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-1597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jeremiah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3079,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions\/3079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}