Jeremiah 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

O Jehovah of Hosts, you are a fair judge. You test motives and thoughts. I want to see you take revenge on them. For that reason I presented my case to you.

Surely you would not do that! Would you slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked? Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

He is the Rock! His work is perfect. For all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without evil. He is just and upright.

I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil in your sight. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.

I know, O Jehovah, that your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Jehovah is righteous in all his ways. He is kind in all his deeds.

O Jehovah, righteousness belongs to you! Shame belongs to us this day! To the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?

Jehovah is righteous within her. He will do no wrong. He brings justice to the dawn of the morning. He does not fail! Yet the unjust know no shame.

If our unrighteousness defines God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous when he vents his anger is he? I speak in human terms.

Talk

But I want to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.

Present your case, says Jehovah. Set forth your arguments, says Jacob's King.

Wherefore doth

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

The tents of marauders prosper and those who provoke God are secure in what God's hand brings them.

Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and become mighty in power?

([Psalm of David]) Do not be bothered by evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things.

I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.

Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.

O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult?

Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.

The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.

We call arrogant people happy. Evil people test God's patience with their wicked deeds. They not only get away with it, they also prosper.

Deal

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you. They join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.

The house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously with me, says Jehovah.

You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you have acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.

Like Adam, they have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.

General references

You are righteous, O Jehovah. Your judgments are upright.