Jeremiah 12:1

צַדִּיק אַתָּה יְהוָה כִּי אָרִיב אֵלֶיךָ אַךְ מִשְׁפָּטִים אֲדַבֵּר אוֹתָךְ מַדּוּעַ דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים צָלֵחָה שָׁלוּ כָּל ־ בֹּגְדֵי בָֽגֶד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

2נְטַעְתָּם גַּם ־ שֹׁרָשׁוּ יֵלְכוּ גַּם ־ עָשׂוּ פֶרִי קָרוֹב אַתָּה בְּפִיהֶם וְרָחוֹק מִכִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ כִּי כָל ־ דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט אֵל אֱמוּנָה וְאֵין עָוֶל צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הֽוּא ׃

Job 8:17עַל ־ גַּל שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה ׃

Job 13:3אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל ־ שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל ־ אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ ׃

Job 24:12מֵעִיר מְתִים ׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ ־ חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹא ־ יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה ׃

Psalms 37:1לְדָוִד ׀ אַל ־ תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים אַל ־ תְּקַנֵּא בְּעֹשֵׂי עַוְלָֽה ׃

Psalms 51:4הרבה כַּבְּסֵנִי מֵעֲוֺנִי וּֽמֵחַטָּאתִי טַהֲרֵֽנִי ׃

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:1

In this chapter we have, I. The prophet's humble complaint to God of the success that wicked people had in their wicked practices ( ver. 1, 2 ) and his appeal to God concerning his own integrity ( ver. 3 ), with a prayer that God would, for the sake of the public, bring the wickedness of the wicked to an end, ver. 3, 4 . II. God's rebuke to the prophet for his uneasiness at his present troubles, bidding him prepare for greater, ver. 5, 6 . III. A sad lamentation of the present deplorable state of the Israel of… Read the whole commentary →

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