Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah's first confession: why do the wicked prosper? God's answer challenges Jeremiah to race with horses since harder things await. God will abandon his beloved heritage — the vineyard metaphor — but also promises restoration for neighboring nations who return …
Other Translations
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.
But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
Cross References
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that …
But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance …
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and …
Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their …
But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy …
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the …
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the …
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.