“But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.”
The prayer for justice: 'Pull them out like sheep to be slaughtered! Set them apart for the day of slaughter! How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have been swept away. Moreover, the people are saying, "He will not see what happens to us."' This verse expresses Jeremiah's prayer for the wicked to be 'pulled out like sheep to be slaughtered,' 'set apart for the day of slaughter.' The reference to parched land and withered grass suggests that the land itself suffers from the people's wickedness. The statement 'He will not see what happens to us' indicates the wicked's belief that God is inattentive or indifferent. Theologically, this verse presents the prophet's plea for divine justice amid his confusion about God's apparent indifference to wickedness.
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