Good News Bible

Jeremiah 12:1-3 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. “Lord, if I argued my case with you,you would prove to be right.Yet I must question you about matters of justice.Why are the wicked so prosperous?Why do dishonest people succeed?

2. You plant them, and they take root;they grow and bear fruit.They always speak well of you,yet they do not really care about you.

3. But, Lord, you know me;you see what I do,and how I love you.Drag these evil people away like sheep to be butchered;guard them until it is time for them to be slaughtered.