1Righteous 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?[ † ]Ezra 9:15Psalms 51:4Jeremiah 11:20Job 12:6Jeremiah 5:27-28Habakkuk 1:4Malachi 3:15 2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.[ † ]Isaiah 29:13Ezekiel 33:31Matthew 15:8Mark 7:6 3But 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.[ † ]Psalms 17:3Psalms 7:9Psalms 11:5Jeremiah 11:20Jeremiah 17:18Jeremiah 50:27James 5:5 4How 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 23:10Hosea 4:3Jeremiah 9:10Habakkuk 3:17Psalms 107:34
5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee , then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?[ † ]Joshua 3:151 Chronicles 12:15 6For 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.[ † ]Genesis 37:4-11Job 6:15Psalms 69:8Jeremiah 9:4-5Psalms 12:2Proverbs 26:25
7I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.[ † ]Hosea 9:15Amos 6:8 9Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.[ † ]Leviticus 26:22 10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.[ † ]Jeremiah 6:3Jeremiah 23:1Psalms 80:8-16Isaiah 5:1-7Isaiah 63:18 11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.[ † ]Jeremiah 10:22Jeremiah 22:6Isaiah 42:25 12The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. 13They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord .[ † ]Leviticus 26:16Deuteronomy 28:38Micah 6:15Haggai 1:6
14Thus 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 2:3Jeremiah 50:11-12Zechariah 2:8Deuteronomy 30:3Psalms 106:47Isaiah 11:11-16Jeremiah 32:37 15And 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 31:20Lamentations 3:32Ezekiel 28:25Amos 9:14 16And 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 4:2Zephaniah 1:5Ephesians 2:20-211 Peter 2:5 17But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord .[ † ]Psalms 2:8-12Isaiah 60:12