Jeremiah 12:1

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Jeremiah 12:1

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Summary

Righteous 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?

Righteous

Talk

Job 13:3

Isaiah 41:21

Wherefore doth

Deal

General references

Psalm 119:137

Bible References

Righteous

But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
Who tries the feelings and the heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You have I committed my cause.

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?”

“The Rock! His work is perfect,

For all His ways are just;

A God of faithfulness and without injustice,

Righteous and upright is He.

Against You, You only, I have sinned

And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

The Lord is righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His deeds.

“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us

open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?

The Lord is righteous within her;
He will do no injustice.

Every morning He brings His justice to light;

He does not fail.
But the unjust knows no shame.

But if our unrighteousness

demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.)

Talk

“But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

“Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your strong arguments,”
The King of Jacob says.

Wherefore doth

‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the

orphan, that they may prosper;

And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,

Whom God brings into their power.

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

A Psalm of David.

Do not fret because of evildoers,

Be not envious toward wrongdoers.

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

How long shall the wicked, O Lord,
How long shall the wicked exult?

“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Therefore the law is ignored
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.

So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.’”

Deal

“For even your brothers and the household of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you,
Even they have cried aloud after you.
Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you.”

“For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” declares the Lord.

“You have not heard, you have not known.
Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a

rebel from birth.

But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant;
There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

General references

Tsadhe.

Righteous are You, O Lord,

And upright are Your judgments.