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Jeremiah 12:4-6
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 12:4-6
Contemporary English Version
4 How long will the ground be dry
and the pasturelands parched?
The birds and animals
are dead and gone.
And all of this happened because
the people are so sinful.
They even brag, “God can't see
the sins we commit.”[a]
The Lord Answers Jeremiah
5 Jeremiah, if you get tired
in a race against people,
how can you possibly run
against horses?
If you fall in open fields,
what will happen in the forest
along the Jordan River?
6 Even your own family
has turned against you.
They act friendly,
but don't trust them.
They're out to get you,
and so is everyone else.
Footnotes
- 12.4 God can't see the sins we commit: One ancient translation; Hebrew “He won't live to see what happens to us.”
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