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<p class="tab-1">In this chapter we have, I. The prophet’s humble complaint to God of the success that wicked people had in their wicked practices (<a class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.1,Jer.12.2" href="/passage/?search=Jer.12.1,Jer.12.2"><span class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.1">Jer. 12:1</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.2">2</span></a>) and his appeal to God concerning his own integrity (<a class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.3" href="/passage/?search=Jer.12.3">Jer. 12:3</a>), with a prayer that God would, for the sake of the public, bring the wickedness of the wicked to an end, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.3,Jer.12.4" href="/passage/?search=Jer.12.3,Jer.12.4"><span class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.3">Jer. 12:3</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.4">4</span></a>. II. God’s rebuke to the prophet for his uneasiness at his present troubles, bidding him prepare for greater, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.5,Jer.12.6" href="/passage/?search=Jer.12.5,Jer.12.6"><span class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.5">Jer. 12:5</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.6">6</span></a>. III. A sad lamentation of the present deplorable state of the Israel of God, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.7-Jer.12.13" href="/passage/?search=Jer.12.7-Jer.12.13">Jer. 12:7-13</a>. IV. An intimation of mercy to God’s people, in a denunciation of wrath against their neighbours that helped forward their affliction, that they should be plucked out; but with a promise that if they would at last join themselves with the people of God they should come in sharers with them in their privileges, <a class="bibleref" title="Jer.12.14-Jer.12.17" href="/passage/?search=Jer.12.14-Jer.12.17">Jer. 12:14-17</a>.</p>
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