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Righteous thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? are all they happy that deal very treacherously? |
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Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou near in their mouth, and far from their reins. |
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3
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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. |
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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. |
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If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and in the land of peace, thou trustedst, , then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? |
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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. |
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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. |
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Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. |
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Mine heritage unto me a speckled bird, the birds round about against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. |
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10
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Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. |
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They have made it desolate, desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth to heart. |
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12
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The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the end of the land even to the end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. |
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13
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They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. |
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14
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD. |