Jeremiah 12:1-3

Good News Translation

12 “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.