• Jeremiah 12:1-3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 12 You are righteous, O Jehovah,+ when I make my complaint to you,

      When I speak about matters of justice with you.

      But why is the way of wicked ones successful,+

      And why are the treacherous unworried?

       2 You planted them, and they have taken root.

      They have grown and produced fruit.

      You are on their lips, but far away from their innermost thoughts.*+

       3 But you know me well, O Jehovah,+ you see me;

      You have examined my heart and found it in union with you.+

      Single them out like sheep for slaughtering,

      And set them apart for the day of killing.