Yeremia 12:3
Konteks12:3 But you, Lord, know all about me.
You watch me and test my devotion to you. 1
Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered!
Appoint a time when they will be killed! 2
Yeremia 16:13
Konteks16:13 So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.’”
[12:3] 1 tn Heb “You,
[12:3] sn Jeremiah appears to be complaining like Job that God cares nothing about the prosperity of the wicked, but watches his every move. The reverse ought to be true. Jeremiah shouldn’t be suffering the onslaughts of his fellow countrymen as he is. The wicked who are prospering should be experiencing punishment.