12:1 Righteous 6662 [art] thou, O LORD 3068, when I plead 7378 8799 with thee: yet let me talk 1696 8762 with thee of [thy] judgments 4941: Wherefore doth the way 1870 of the wicked 7563 prosper 6743 8804? [wherefore] are all they happy 7951 8804 that deal very 899 treacherously 898 8802?(talk…: or, reason the case with thee)

12:2 Thou hast planted 5193 8804 them, yea, they have taken root 8327 8776: they grow 3212 8799, yea, they bring forth 6213 8804 fruit 6529: thou [art] near 7138 in their mouth 6310, and far from 7350 their reins 3629.(they grow: Heb. they go on)

12:3 But thou, O LORD 3068, knowest 3045 8804 me: thou hast seen 7200 8799 me, and tried 974 8804 mine heart 3820 toward thee: pull them out 5423 8685 like sheep 6629 for the slaughter 2878, and prepare 6942 8685 them for the day 3117 of slaughter 2028.(toward…: Heb. with thee)

12:4 How long shall the land 776 mourn 56 8799, and the herbs 6212 of every field 7704 wither 3001 8799, for the wickedness 7451 of them that dwell 3427 8802 therein? the beasts 929 are consumed 5595 8804, and the birds 5775; because they said 559 8804, He shall not see 7200 8799 our last end 319.

12:5 If thou hast run 7323 8804 with the footmen 7273, and they have wearied 3811 8686 thee, then how canst thou contend 8474 8807 with horses 5483? and [if] in the land 776 of peace 7965, [wherein] thou trustedst 982 8802, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do 6213 8799 in the swelling 1347 of Jordan 3383?

12:6 For even thy brethren 251, and the house 1004 of thy father 1, even they have dealt treacherously 898 8804 with thee; yea, they have called 7121 8804 a multitude 4392 after 310 thee: believe 539 8686 them not, though they speak 1696 8762 fair words 2896 unto thee.(they have called…: or, they cried after thee fully)(fair…: Heb. good things)

12:7 I have forsaken 5800 8804 mine house 1004, I have left 5203 8804 mine heritage 5159; I have given 5414 8804 the dearly beloved 3033 of my soul 5315 into the hand 3709 of her enemies 341 8802.(the dearly…: Heb. the love)

12:8 Mine heritage 5159 is unto me as a lion 738 in the forest 3293; it crieth out 5414 8804 6963 against me: therefore have I hated 8130 8804 it.(crieth…: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice)

12:9 Mine heritage 5159 [is] unto me [as] a speckled 6641 bird 5861, the birds 5861 round about 5439 [are] against her; come 3212 8798 ye, assemble 622 8798 all the beasts 2416 of the field 7704, come 857 8685 to devour 402.(speckled: or, taloned)(come to: or, cause them to come to)

12:10 Many 7227 pastors 7462 8802 have destroyed 7843 8765 my vineyard 3754, they have trodden 947 0 my portion 2513 under foot 947 8790, they have made 5414 8804 my pleasant 2532 portion 2513 a desolate 8077 wilderness 4057.(pleasant…: Heb. portion of desire)

12:11 They have made 7760 8804 it desolate 8076, [and being] desolate 8077 it mourneth 56 8804 unto me; the whole land 776 is made desolate 8074 8738, because no man 376 layeth 7760 8802 [it] to heart 3820.

12:12 The spoilers 7703 8802 are come 935 8804 upon all high places 8205 through the wilderness 4057: for the sword 2719 of the LORD 3068 shall devour 398 8802 from the [one] end 7097 of the land 776 even to the [other] end 7097 of the land 776: no flesh 1320 shall have peace 7965.

12:13 They have sown 2232 8804 wheat 2406, but shall reap 7114 8804 thorns 6975: they have put themselves to pain 2470 8738, [but] shall not profit 3276 8686: and they shall be ashamed 954 8804 of your revenues 8393 because of the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068.(they shall: or, ye shall)

12:14 Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 against all mine evil 7451 neighbours 7934, that touch 5060 8802 the inheritance 5159 which I have caused my people 5971 Israel 3478 to inherit 5157 8689; Behold, I will pluck them out 5428 8802 of their land 127, and pluck out 5428 8799 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 from among 8432 them.

12:15 And it shall come to pass, after 310 that I have plucked them out 5428 8800 I will return 7725 8799, and have compassion 7355 8765 on them, and will bring them again 7725 8689, every man 376 to his heritage 5159, and every man 376 to his land 776.

12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently 3925 8800 learn 3925 8799 the ways 1870 of my people 5971, to swear 7650 8736 by my name 8034, The LORD 3068 liveth 2416; as they taught 3925 8765 my people 5971 to swear 7650 8736 by Baal 1168; then shall they be built 1129 8738 in the midst 8432 of my people 5971.