Jeremiah 12
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1Righteous 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?
Jeremiah 12:1
2Thou 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.
Jeremiah 12:2
3But 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.
Jeremiah 12:3
4How 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.
Jeremiah 12:4
5If 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?
Jeremiah 12:5
6For 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.
Jeremiah 12:6
7I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Jeremiah 12:7
8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Jeremiah 12:8
9Mine 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.
Jeremiah 12:9
10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Jeremiah 12:10
11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
Jeremiah 12:11
12The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Jeremiah 12:12
13They 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 LORD.
Jeremiah 12:13
14Thus 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.
Jeremiah 12:14
15And 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.
Jeremiah 12:15
16And 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.
Jeremiah 12:16
17But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 12:17
Chapter 12
Cross References
Jeremiah 12:1
Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea,...Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flo...Psalms 37:1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the worke...Daniel 9:7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at...Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into w...
Jeremiah 12:2
Isaiah 29:13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mout...Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, a...Matthew 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their l...Jeremiah 11:17For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for...Ezekiel 17:5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he pla...
Jeremiah 12:3
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and...Jeremiah 17:18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them...Psalms 139:1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried...James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your...
Jeremiah 12:4
Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations...Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.Jeremiah 4:25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; t...Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall langui...
Jeremiah 12:5
1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as...Proverbs 24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, les...Jeremiah 50:44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habita...Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the hab...
Jeremiah 12:6
Proverbs 26:25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his...Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for ev...Genesis 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren...Micah 7:5¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of...Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a...
Jeremiah 12:7
Isaiah 2:6¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be re...Jeremiah 11:15What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with...Psalms 78:59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:Hosea 9:15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of...Ezekiel 24:21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane...
Jeremiah 12:8
Amos 6:8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the...Hosea 9:15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of...Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his c...Zechariah 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their...Jeremiah 51:38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
Jeremiah 12:9
Isaiah 56:9¶ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.Jeremiah 7:33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and f...Revelation 19:17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying t...2 Kings 24:2And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, a...Ezekiel 23:22¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lo...
Jeremiah 12:10
Isaiah 5:1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My...Isaiah 63:18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries...Jeremiah 23:1Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith...Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant la...Jeremiah 6:3The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tent...
Jeremiah 12:11
Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; t...Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of bat...Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground;...Jeremiah 10:22Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north c...Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are tak...
Jeremiah 12:12
Amos 9:4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command th...Jeremiah 47:6O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself...Ezekiel 14:17¶ Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so...Isaiah 34:6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and wit...Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the...
Cross References
Jeremiah 12:1
Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea,...Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flo...Psalms 37:1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the worke...Daniel 9:7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at...Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into w...
Jeremiah 12:2
Isaiah 29:13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mout...Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, a...Matthew 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their l...Jeremiah 11:17For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for...Ezekiel 17:5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he pla...
Jeremiah 12:3
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and...Jeremiah 17:18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them...Psalms 139:1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried...James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your...
Jeremiah 12:4
Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations...Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.Jeremiah 4:25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; t...Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall langui...
Jeremiah 12:5
1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as...Proverbs 24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, les...Jeremiah 50:44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habita...Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the hab...
Jeremiah 12:6
Proverbs 26:25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his...Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for ev...Genesis 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren...Micah 7:5¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of...Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a...
Jeremiah 12:7
Isaiah 2:6¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be re...Jeremiah 11:15What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with...Psalms 78:59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:Hosea 9:15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of...Ezekiel 24:21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane...
Jeremiah 12:8
Amos 6:8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the...Hosea 9:15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of...Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his c...Zechariah 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their...Jeremiah 51:38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
Jeremiah 12:9
Isaiah 56:9¶ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.Jeremiah 7:33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and f...Revelation 19:17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying t...2 Kings 24:2And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, a...Ezekiel 23:22¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lo...
Jeremiah 12:10
Isaiah 5:1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My...Isaiah 63:18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries...Jeremiah 23:1Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith...Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant la...Jeremiah 6:3The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tent...
Jeremiah 12:11
Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; t...Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of bat...Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground;...Jeremiah 10:22Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north c...Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are tak...
Jeremiah 12:12
Amos 9:4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command th...Jeremiah 47:6O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself...Ezekiel 14:17¶ Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so...Isaiah 34:6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and wit...Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the...