From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
Jeremiah 12:2 - Revised Standard Version Thou plantest them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth and far from their heart. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts. American Standard Version (1901) 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 heart. Common English Bible You plant them, and they take root; they flourish and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. Catholic Public Domain Version You planted them, and they took root. They are prospering and bearing fruit. You are near to their mouths, but far from their hearts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth and far from their reins. |
From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
I have seen a wicked man overbearing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
The Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil which the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the Lord.”
Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves, they rebel against me.
Thou who art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on wrong, why dost thou look on faithless men, and art silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.