Jeremiah complained to Yahweh

12 Yahweh, whenever I tell you that I am unhappy about what is happening to me,

you always act justly/fairly.

So now allow me to ask about one more thing that I do not understand:

Why are wicked people often very prosperous?

Why do things go very well for dishonest/wicked people?

2 You allow them to prosper

like [MET] trees that grow tall and bear a lot of fruit.

They always say [MTY] good things about you,

but their hearts are really far from you.

3 But Yahweh, as for me, you know what is in my inner being.

You see what I do and you are able to know what I am thinking.

So drag away those wicked people,

like people drag away sheep that they are going to butcher.

Set them aside like sheep that are about to be slaughtered!

4 This land is [RHQ] becoming very dry and even the grass is withering.

The wild animals and the birds have all died

because the people are very wicked.

All that has happened because the people have said,

“Yahweh does not know what we are doing (OR, what will happen to us)!”