1 Yahweh, you are always right when I complain to you; nevertheless, where is your justice? Why do the wicked prosper? And why do traitors live in peace?
2 You plant them and they take root; they grow and are fruitful; they honor you with words but their heart is far from you.
3 But you, Yahweh, you know me and see me; you search my heart - it is close to you. Send them off like sheep to be butchered; put them aside for the day of slaughter.
4 How long will the land be in mourning and the grass of the fields remain withered? The birds and the beasts have perished because of the wickedness of the inhabitants, for they say: 'God does not see what we do.'
5 "If you tire when running with those on foot, how can you compete with horses? If you do not feel secure in a peaceful land, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?"
7 I have abandoned my house, I have given up my own people; I have given over those I most cherished into the hands of their enemies.
8 My own have been for me like a lion in the forest; they have roared against me - now I hate them.
9 My own have become for me like a bird of prey. Let all the birds of prey attack them. Come here, all you wild beasts and devour them!
10 Many shepherds have ravaged my vine; they have trampled my beloved field and made it a desolate wasteland,
11 parched and mournful in my sight. But no one cares!
12 To every height in the desert destroyers have come, for Yahweh has a devouring sword. It reaches from one end of the land to the other; no one is safe!
13 They have sown grain and reaped thorns; they have toiled for nothing. Your harvests bring shame on you because of Yahweh's anger.
14 Yahweh declares, "Because all my wicked neighbors have laid hands on the land I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their own land, and I will uproot the people of Judah from among them.
15 But after I have done this, I will have compassion on them and bring them back to their possession, each one to his own land.
16 If then they learn the ways I taught my people and call upon my name when taking an oath, they who once taught my people to swear by Baal, may settle among my people.
17 But if then any nation does not obey me, I will uproot and destroy it - it is Yahweh who speaks."
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 12:
Jeremiah 12 deals with God's righteousness and the prophet's understanding of the suffering of the righteous before the wicked. The chapter begins with Jeremiah questioning God about why the wicked prosper as the righteous suffer. God responds to Jeremiah that he will have to deal with his neighbors, who betrayed him and attacked him. Following are five verses related to the topics addressed in Jeremiah 12:
Psalm 37:7: "Rest in the Lord and wait in Him; do not indignant to you because of the one who thrives in his way, because of the man who performs inform cunning." This verse encourages to trust God and not jealous of the wicked who thrive in their ways, for in the end the righteousness of God will prevail.
Isaiah 13:11: "I will punish the world because of its wickedness, and the wicked because of their iniquity; I will cease the arrogance of the boldness, and shake the haughtiness of the cruel." God promises to punish the wicked for their iniquity and arrogance, showing that justice will be done, although it may take time.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7: "For it is righteous before God to repay with tribulation to those who bind you, and to you, who you are troubled, relief with us. This will be in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with the angels of your power. " This verse talks about the righteousness of God, which will return to tribulation those who caused tribulation to the righteous.
Hebrews 11:32-38: These verses describe many examples of righteous who have suffered but remained faithful to God. They include Abraham, Moses, Gideon, and many others who were persecuted, tortured and killed because of their faith. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews argues that although these righteous have suffered, God was still faithful and rewarded them.
James 5:7-8: "He thirsts, brothers, patients until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer expects the precious fruit of the land, waiting for him with patients, until he receives the temporary rain and serod. patients and strengthen your heart, because the coming of the Lord is near. " James encourages patience and perseverance in moments of suffering, trusting in the coming of the Lord and his final justice.
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