Yeremia 12:1
Konteks12:1 Lord, you have always been fair
whenever I have complained to you. 1
However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. 2
Why are wicked people successful? 3
Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Yeremia 42:5
Konteks42:5 They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as 4 the Lord sends you to tell us to do.
[12:1] 1 tn Or “
[12:1] 2 tn Heb “judgments” or “matters of justice.” For the nuance of “complain to,” “fair,” “disposition of justice” assumed here, see BDB 936 s.v. רִיב Qal.4 (cf. Judg 21:22); BDB 843 s.v. צַדִּיק 1.d (cf. Ps 7:12; 11:7); BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 1.f (cf. Isa 26:8; Ps 10:5; Ezek 7:27).
[12:1] 3 tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”