1. Prophecies for Judah + Jerusalem's Fall & the Aftermath

(1:1 - 45:5 ) - 627 - 560 B.C., Israel

B. Prophecies and Events in Judah and Jerusalem (2-45)

1). Until the Fall of Jerusalem (2-39)

d). The LORD's Fourth Word (continued): Curses are Upon Those Who Break the Covenant (11:1 - 12:17)

¹ Righteous art thou, O LORD,
when I plead with thee:
yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments:
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?
wherefore are all they happy
that deal very treacherously [covering with a covering]?
² Thou hast planted them,
yea,
they have taken root:
they grow,
yea,
they bring forth fruit:
thou art near in their mouth,
and far from their reins.
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.
⁴ How long [Until when] shall the land mourn,
and the herbs of every field wither,
for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
the beasts are consumed,
and the birds;
because they said,
He shall not see [this] our last end.

⁵ If thou hast run with the footmen,
and they have wearied thee,
then how canst thou contend with horses?
and if in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedst,
they wearied thee,
then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
⁶ For even thy brethren,
and the house of thy father,
even they have dealt treacherously with thee;
yea,
they have called a multitude after thee:
believe them not,
though they speak fair words unto thee.

⁷ I have forsaken [this] mine house,
I have left [this] mine heritage;
I have given [this] the dearly beloved of my soul
into the hand of her enemies.
⁸ Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest;
it crieth out [it gave voice] against me:
therefore have I hated it.
⁹ Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird,
the birds round about are against her;
come ye,
assemble all the beasts of the field,
come to devour.
¹⁰ Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard,
they have trodden my portion under foot [they trampled {this} [my portion],
they have made [this] my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
¹¹ They have made it desolate,
and being desolate
it mourneth unto me;
the whole land is made desolate,
because no man layeth it to heart.
¹² The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness:
for the sword of the LORD
shall devour from the one end of the land
even to the other end of the land:
no [nothing of all] flesh shall have peace.
¹³ They have sown wheat,
but shall reap thorns:
they have put themselves to pain,
but shall not profit:
and they shall be ashamed of your revenues
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.