God's Answer - “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how.

“I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies. 8 My heritage is to Me like a lion ...

Jeremiah 12:5-17 “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, ...

Jeremiah 12:5-17 New International Version (NIV) · “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?

Jeremiah 12:5-17 EasyEnglish Bible (EASY) – The Lord answers Jeremiah – 5 'Jeremiah, you are running a race against people, and you are already tired!

“I have abandoned my house of Israel and deserted the people I call my own. I have surrendered the beloved of my soul over to her enemies.

Jeremiah 12:5-17 If thou travailest running with footmen, how shalt thou be able to strive with horses? but when thou art secure in the land of peace, ...

The Lord Answers Jeremiah. 5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,. how will you compete with horses?

David Guzik commentary on Jeremiah 12, where Jeremiah asks God about the prosperity of the wicked, and receive an answer from God which challenges him.

Jeremiah calls the Lord to account for allowing the wicked to flourish while he himself is persecuted for his fidelity to the Lord's mission.