1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery at ease?

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Malachi 3:15, Malachi 3:15, Psalms 92:7, Psalms 37:1, Psalms 92:7

2Thou hast planted them; yea, they have taken root; They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; Thou art near to their mouth, But far from their hearts.

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Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:13, Titus 1:16, Titus 1:16, Matthew 15:8

3But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; Thou hast seen me, and tried my heart, Whether it be devoted to thee. Tear them away, as sheep for slaughter; Separate them for the day of slaughter!

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2 Kings 20:3, Jeremiah 17:18, 2 Kings 20:3, Jeremiah 17:18, Psalms 139:1

4How long shall the land mourn, And the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, The beasts are consumed, and the birds; For they say, "He will not see our latter end."

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Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:10, Psalms 107:34, Jeremiah 4:25, Psalms 107:34

5If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, Then how canst thou contend with horses? If it be so with thee in a land of peace, in which thou art secure, What wilt thou do in the glory of Jordan?

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1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 4:12, Proverbs 24:10, Proverbs 24:10, Hebrews 12:3

6For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even these are treacherous toward thee, And raise a full cry after thee; Trust them not, though they speak fair words to thee!

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Proverbs 26:25, Proverbs 26:25, Jeremiah 9:4, Jeremiah 9:4, Genesis 37:4

7I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance, I have given the darling of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

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Isaiah 2:6, Isaiah 2:6, Jeremiah 11:15, Psalms 78:59, Psalms 78:60

8My inheritance is become to me like a lion of the forest; She lifteth up her voice against me; Therefore do I hate her.

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Amos 6:8, Amos 6:8, Hosea 9:15, Hosea 9:15, Jeremiah 2:15

9A rapacious beast, a hyena, is my inheritance become to me; Therefore shall the rapacious beasts rush upon her on all sides. Come, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!

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Isaiah 56:9, Isaiah 56:9, Jeremiah 7:33, Jeremiah 7:33, Revelation 19:17

10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; They have trodden my portion under foot; My pleasant portion have they made a desolate wilderness.

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Isaiah 5:1, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 63:18, Jeremiah 23:1, Isaiah 5:1

11They have made it a desolation; Desolate it mourneth on account of me; The whole land is desolate, Because no man layeth my word to heart.

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Jeremiah 23:10, Isaiah 42:25, Jeremiah 23:10, Isaiah 42:25, Jeremiah 14:2

12Upon all the high places in the desert do the plunderers come; Behold, the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land to the other; No man hath peace.

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Amos 9:4, Jeremiah 47:6, Amos 9:4, Jeremiah 47:6, Ezekiel 14:17

13They sow wheat, but they reap thorns; They weary themselves, and are not profited; They shall be ashamed of their harvest, Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

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Deuteronomy 28:38, Micah 6:15, Haggai 1:6, Deuteronomy 28:38, Micah 6:15

14Thus saith Jehovah against all my evil neighbors, Who seize the inheritance which I gave my people, Israel: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, And the house of Judah will I pluck out from among them.

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Jeremiah 3:18, Zechariah 2:8, Jeremiah 3:18, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 10:6

15Yet after I have plucked them out of their land, I will again have compassion on them, and bring them back, Every one to his own possession, And every one to his own land.

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Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 48:47, Jeremiah 48:47, Jeremiah 49:39

16And if they will indeed learn the ways of my people, And swear by my name, saying, As Jehovah liveth! As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built up in the midst of my people;

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Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 4:2, Joshua 23:7, Zephaniah 1:5, Deuteronomy 10:20

17But if they will not hearken, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.

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Isaiah 60:12, Isaiah 60:12, Psalms 2:8, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 2:8