Jeremiah 12:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³But 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.

Jeremiah 12:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:18
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
2 Kings 20:3
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Psalms 139:1-4
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. …
James 5:5
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Psalms 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Bowels Enquiring of God Heart Importunity Prayer Worship

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

The prophet doubts not but it would be of use to others to know what had passed between God and his soul, what temptations he had been assaulted with and how he had got over them; and therefore he here tells us, I. What liberty he humbly took, and was graciously allowed him, to reason with God concerning his judgments, Jer. 12:1. He is about to plead with God, not to quarrel with him, or find faul…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. knowest me--(Psa 139:1). tried ... heart--(Jr 11:20). toward thee--rather, “with Thee,” that is, entirely devoted to Thee; contrasted with the hypocrites (Jr 12:2), “near in ... mouth, and far from ... reins.” This being so, how is it that I fare so ill, they so well? pull ... out--containing the metaphor, from a “rooted tree” (Jr 12:2). prepare--literally, “separate,” or “set apart as devoted.…