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Jeremiah 12:5-6

When the Wicked Prosper and the LORD’s Inheritance Is Trampled

The chapter moves from Jeremiah's complaint about the prosperity of the wicked, to the LORD's answer that greater trials are coming, to the painful declaration that the LORD has forsaken his house and abandoned his inheritance, to the indictment of destructive shepherds who ruin the vineyard, and finally to a surprising promise of future compassion for both Judah and her neighboring nations if they learn the ways of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

5“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

6Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

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Verse 5

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 9:24Classic cross-references 1 Peter 4:12Classic cross-references Proverbs 24:10Classic cross-references Hebrews 12:3Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 10:13Classic cross-references

Original words

Ifכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionyou have racedרַ֙צְתָּה֙H7323Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularwithאֶת־H854Prepositionmen on footרַגְלִ֥ים׀H7273Adjective - masculine pluraland they have worn you outוַיַּלְא֔וּךָH3811Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singularhowוְאֵ֥יךְH349Conjunctive waw | Interjectioncan you competeתְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖הH8474Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singularwithאֶת־H854Prepositionhorsesהַסּוּסִ֑יםH5483Article | Noun - masculine pluralIf youאַתָּ֣הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularstumbleבוֹטֵ֔חַH982Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularin a peacefulשָׁלוֹם֙H7965Noun - masculine singularlandוּבְאֶ֤רֶץH776Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructhowוְאֵ֥יךְH349Conjunctive waw | Interjectionwill you doתַּעֲשֶׂ֖הH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularin the thicketsבִּגְא֥וֹןH1347Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃H3383Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 6

Cross-references

Matthew 10:36Classic cross-references Proverbs 26:25Classic cross-references Jeremiah 9:4Classic cross-references Mark 6:4Classic cross-references Psalms 12:2Classic cross-references

Original words

Evenכִּ֧יH3588Conjunction. . .גַם־H1571Conjunctionyour brothersאַחֶ֣יךָH251Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularyour own father’sאָבִ֗יךָH1Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularhouseholdוּבֵית־H1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructevenגַּם־H1571Conjunctiontheyהֵ֙מָּה֙H1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralhave betrayedבָּ֣גְדוּH898Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralyouבָ֔ךְPreposition | second person masculine singularevenגַּם־H1571Conjunctiontheyהֵ֛מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralhave criedקָרְא֥וּH7121Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralaloudמָלֵ֑אH4392Adjective - masculine singularagainst youאַחֲרֶ֖יךָH310Preposition | second person masculine singularDo notאַל־H408Adverbtrustתַּאֲמֵ֣ןH539Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singularthemבָּ֔םPreposition | third person masculine pluralthoughכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthey speakיְדַבְּר֥וּH1696Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralwellטוֹבֽוֹת׃סH2896Noun - feminine pluralof youאֵלֶ֖יךָH413Preposition | second person masculine singular

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