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Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Is just. Hebrew, "judgment. "Septuagint, "I will make my apology to thee. "Jeremias had been grievously persecuted by his countrymen: he therefore mentions a subject which has been the source of much perplexity. The success of the wicked is a temptation for weak souls. See Job xxi., Psalm lxxii. 3., and Habacuc i. 13. (Calmet) The prophets often speak in their names, not being ignorant or doubtful of the justice of divine providence. (Worthington)

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