Jeremiah 12:5-17 - ESV Bible - "If you have raced with men on foot, and they have...

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

5 "If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in ¹the thicket of the Jordan?

6 For ²even your brothers and the house of your father, ³even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; ⁴do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you."

7 "I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned ⁵my heritage; I have given ⁶the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.

8 ⁷My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.

9 Is ⁸my heritage to me like ⁹a hyena's lair? Are the ¹⁰birds of prey against her all around? Go, ¹¹assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; ¹²they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

11 They have made it a desolation; desolate, ¹³it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, ¹⁴but no man lays it to heart.

12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.

13 ¹⁵They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; ¹⁶they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their^a harvests ¹⁷because of the fierce anger of the LORD."

14 Thus says the LORD concerning all ¹⁸my evil neighbors ¹⁹who touch the heritage that ²⁰I have given my people Israel to inherit: "Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

15 And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, ²¹and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.

16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, ²²to swear by my name, 'As the LORD lives,' even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, ²³then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

17 ²⁴But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD."

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Jeremias 12:5 Se te fatigas correndo com homens que vão a pé, então como poderás competir com cavalos? Se foges numa terra de paz, como hás de fazer na soberba do Jordão?

King James Version KJV

Jeremiah 12:5 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?

New King James Version NKJV

Jeremiah 12:5 "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Jeremias 12:5 “Se você correu com homense eles o cansaram,como poderá competir com cavalos?Se você tropeça em terreno seguro,o que fará nos matagais junto ao Jordão?

Jeremiah 12:5-17 ESV