Jeremiah 12:1 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ O Lorde, thou art more rightuous, then that I shulde dispute with the: Neuertheles, let me talke with the in thinges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so wel with them, which (with out eny shame) offede and lyue in wickednesse?

²⁵ That be farre fro the, yt thou shuldest do this, and to slaye the righteous with the vngodly, and that the righteous shulde be as the vngodly. That be farre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all the worlde do acordinge to right?

⁴ Perfecte are the workes of the Stone, for all his wayes are righteous. God is true, and no wickednes is there in him, righteous and iust is he.

¹⁵ O LORDE God of Israel, thou art righteous, for we remaine yet escaped, as it is this daie. Beholde, in thy presence are we in oure trespace, for because of it is there no stondinge before the.

⁶ The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperite, & they that maliciously medle agaynst God, dwel without care: yee God geueth all thinges richely with his honde.

³ Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the Allmightie, and my desyre is to comon with God.

⁷ Wherfore do wicked me lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, & increase in riches? ⁸ Their childers children lyue in their sight, & their generacion before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses are safe from all feare, for the rodd of God doth not smyte the. ¹⁰ Their bullocke gendreth, and that not out of tyme: their cow calueth, and is not vnfrutefull. ¹¹ They sende forth their children by flockes, and their sonnes lede the daunce. ¹² They beare with them tabrettes and harpes, and haue instrumentes of musick at their pleasure. ¹³ They spende their dayes in welthynesse: but sodenly they go downe to hell. ¹⁴ They saye vnto God: go from vs, we desyre not the knowlege of thy wayes. ¹⁵ What maner of felowe is the Allmightie, that we shulde serue him? What profit shulde we haue, to submitte oure selues vnto him?

¹ Frett not thy self at the vngodly, be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers.

³⁵ Hope thou in the LORDE, & kepe his waye: & he shal so promote the, that thou shalt haue the lode by enheritauce, & se, when the vngodly shall perishe.

⁴ Agaynst the only, agaynst the haue I synned, and done euell in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges, and shuldest ouercome when thou art iudged.

³ And why. I was greued at ye wicked, to se the vngodly in soch prosperite. ⁴ For they are in no parell of death, but stonde fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folke, nether are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, & ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrigthuousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ Corrupte are they, and speake blasphemies maliciously, proude and presumptuous are their wordes. ⁹ They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen, & their tonge goeth thorow the worlde. ¹⁰ Therfore fall the people vnto them, and there out sucke they no small auauntage. ¹¹ Tush (saye they) how shulde God perceaue it? is there knowlege in the most hyest? ¹² Lo, these are the vngodly, these prospere in the worlde, these haue riches in possession. ¹³ Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency? ¹⁴ Wherfore shulde I be then punyshed daylie, & be chastened euery mornynge? ¹⁵ Yee I had allmost also sayde euen as they: but lo, then shulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy children. ¹⁶ Then thought I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for me. ¹⁷ Vntill I wete in to ye Sanctuary of God, & considered the ende of these men. ¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set the in a slippery place, that thou maiest cast the downe headlynges & destroye the. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perish, & come to a fearfull ende? ²⁰ Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite. ²¹ Thus my hert was greued, & it wente euen thorow my reynes. ²² So foolish was I and ignoraunt, and as it were a beest before the. ²³ Neuerthelesse, I am allwaye by the, thou holdest me by my right hande. ²⁴ Thou ledest me with thy coucel, and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory. ²⁵ O what is there prepared for me in heauen? there is nothinge vpo earth, that I desyre in comparison of the. ²⁶ My flesh and my herte fayleth, but God is the strength of my hert, and my porcion for euer. ²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the, shal perishe, thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. ²⁸ But it is good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake of all thy workes.

⁷ That the vngodly are grene as the grasse, and that all the workes of wickednes do florish, to be destroyed for euer.

³ LORDE, how longe shal the vngodly, how longe shal the vngodly tryumphe? ⁴ How longe shal all wicked doers speake so di?daynedly, and make soch proude boastynge?

⁷⁵ I knowe (o LORDE) yt thy iudgmentes are right, and yt thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me be troubled.

¹³⁷ Rightuous art thou (o LORDE) & true is yi iudgmet.

¹⁷ The LORDE is righteous in all his wayes, & holy in all his workes.

³² for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.

²¹ Stonde at youre cause (saieth the LORDE) and bringe forth youre strogest grounde, counceleth the kinge of Iacob.

⁸ Morouer there be some wherof thou hast nether herde ner knowne, nether haue they bene opened vnto thine eares afore tyme. For I knew that thou woldest maliciousli offende, therfore haue I called the a transgressoure, euen from thy mothers wombe.

¹¹ For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me, saieth the LORDE.

²⁷ And like as a net is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that, which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate. Herof cometh their greate substaunce and riches, ²⁸ herof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies. They ministre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite.

²⁰ Therfore I will beseke the now (o LORDE of hoostes) thou rightuous iudge, thou that tryest the reynes and the hertes: let me se the auenged of them, for vnto the haue I committed my cause.

⁶ For thy brethren ad thy kynred haue altogether despised the, and cried out vpon the in thine absence. Beleue them not, though they speake fayre wordes to the.

⁷ O LORDE, rightuousnesse belongeth vnto the, vnto vs pertayneth nothynge but open shame: as it is come to passe this daye vnto euery man of Iuda, and to them that dwell at Ierusalem: Yee vnto all Israel, whether they be farre or nye: thorow out all londes, wherin thou hast strowed them, because of the offences that they had done agaynst the.

⁷ But euen like as Adam dyd, so haue they broken my couenaunt, and set me at naught.

⁴ for the lawe is torne in peces, and there can no right iudgment go forth. And why? the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous: this is the cause, yt wronge iudgment procedeth.

¹³ Thine eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euell, thou canst not beholde ye thinge that is wicked. Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tunge, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better the himself? ¹⁴ Thou makest men as the fish in the see, and like as the crepinge beestes, that haue no gyde. ¹⁵ They take vp all with their angle, they catch it in their net, & gather it in their yarne: wherof they reioyce and are glad. ¹⁶ Therfore offre they vnto their net, and do sacrifice vnto their yarne: because that thorow it their porcion is become so fat, and their meate so pleteous. ¹⁷ Wherfore they cast out their net agayne, & neuer ceasse to slaye the people.

⁵ But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright, was amonge them, euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly, and ceassed not. But the vngodly will not lerne to be a?shamed.

¹⁵ Therfore maye we saye, that the proude are happie, and that they which deale with vngodlynesse, are set vp: for they tempte God, and yet escape.

⁵ But yf it be so, that oure vnrighteousnes prayseth ye righteousnes of God, what shal we saye? Is God then vnrighteous, that he is angrie therfore? (I speake thus after the maner off men) ⁶ God forbyd. How mighte God the iudge ye worlde?