Jeremiah 12 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Jeremiah

Chapter 12

KJV · Textus Receptus

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?

2 Thou 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.

3 But 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.

4 How 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.

5 If 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?

6 For 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.

7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

9 Mine 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.

10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

12 The 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.

13 They 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.

14 Thus 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.

15 And 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.

16 And 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.

17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

1Woyɛ ɔteneneeni, Ao AWURADE, ɛberɛ a me ne wo di asɛm: nanso ma me ne wo nkasa wo atemmuo ho: Adɛn enti na abɔnefoɔ ɛkwan si yie? adɛn enti na wɔn a wɔdi hwammɔ pa ara nyinaa ani gye?Under pastoral review

2Woadua wɔn, aane, wɔagye nhini: wɔnyini, aane, wɔso aba: wobɛn wɔ wɔn anom, na wowɔ akyirikyiri firi wɔn asaabo ho.Under pastoral review

3Nanso wo, Ao AWURADE, wonim me: woahunu me, na woasɔ m'akoma ahwɛ wɔ wo ho: twe wɔn firi mu sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn, na siesie wɔn ma okumda no.Under pastoral review

4Ɛnkyɛre sɛn na asase bɛdi awerɛhoɔ, na afuo biara so nhahan bɛwu, wɔn a wɔte so amumuyɛ enti? mmoa asa, ne nnomaa; ɛfiri sɛ wɔkaa sɛ, Ɔrenhunu yɛn awieeɛ.Under pastoral review

5Sɛ wo ne anammɔnnantefoɔ atu mmirika, na wɔama woabrɛ a, ɛnneɛ ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wo ne apɔnkɔ bɛdi asie? na sɛ asomdwoeɛ asase so, deɛ wode wo ho too so no, ɛnneɛ ɛdeɛn na wobɛyɛ wɔ Yordan huhuroeɛ mu?Under pastoral review

6Ɛfiri sɛ wo nuanom mpo, ne w'agya fie, wɔn mpo adi wo hwammɔ; aane, wɔafrɛ dɔm aka w'akyi: nnye wɔn nni, ɛwom sɛ wɔka nsɛm pa kyerɛ wo deɛ.Under pastoral review

7Magya me fie hɔ, mama m'agyapadeɛ so; mede me kra dɔfoɔ ahyɛ n'atamfoɔ nsa.Under pastoral review

8M'agyapadeɛ ayɛ me sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ kwaeɛ mu; ɔteam tia me: ɛno enti matan no.Under pastoral review

9M'agyapadeɛ ayɛ me sɛ anomaa a ɔyɛ ntokontrama, nnomaa a wɔatwa ne ho ahyia tia no; mommra, momboaboa afuo mmoa nyinaa ano, mommra sɛ morebɛwe.Under pastoral review

10Nnwanhwɛfoɔ bebree asɛe me bobefuo, wɔatiatia me kyɛfa so, wɔama me kyɛfa a ɛyɛ dɛ no adane ɛserɛ a ada mpan.Under pastoral review

11Wɔama ada mpan, na sɛ ada mpan no, ɛdi awerɛhoɔ kyerɛ me; asase no nyinaa ada mpan, ɛfiri sɛ obiara mfa nto n'akoma so.Under pastoral review

12Asɛefoɔ aba sorɔnsorɔmmea nyinaa so afa ɛserɛ so: ɛfiri sɛ AWURADE akofena bɛwe afiri asase ano kɔsi asase ano nohoa: honam biara rennya asomdwoeɛ.Under pastoral review

13Wɔadua ayuo, nanso wɔbɛtwa nkasɛɛ: wɔabrɛ wɔn ho, nanso wɔrennya mfasoɔ: na wɔn anim bɛgu ase mo mfudeɛ ho, AWURADE abufuhyeɛ enti.Under pastoral review

14Sei na AWURADE ka tia me nnamfo bɔne nyinaa, wɔn a wɔde wɔn nsa ka agyapadeɛ a mama me nkurɔfoɔ Israel adi no; Hwɛ, mɛtutu wɔn afiri wɔn asase so, na matutu Yuda fie afiri wɔn mu.Under pastoral review

15Na ɛbɛba sɛ, sɛ matutu wɔn awie a, mɛsane aba, na mahunu wɔn mmɔbɔ, na masane de wɔn aba, obiara nkɔ n'agyapadeɛ mu, na obiara nkɔ n'asase so.Under pastoral review

16Na ɛbɛba sɛ, sɛ wɔsua me nkurɔfoɔ akwan yie, sɛ wɔde me din bɛka ntam sɛ, AWURADE te ase; sɛdeɛ wɔkyerɛɛ me nkurɔfoɔ sɛ wɔmfa Baal nka ntam no; ɛnneɛ wɔbɛsi wɔn wɔ me nkurɔfoɔ mfimfini.Under pastoral review

17Na sɛ wɔrentie a, mɛtutu saa ɔman no koraa na masɛe no, AWURADE na ɔseɛ.Under pastoral review

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