Jeremiah 12:4-6

International Children’s Bible

⁴ How much longer will the land stay dried up?
    How long will the grass in every field be dead?
The animals and birds in the land have died.
    And it is because the people are evil.
Yet, they are saying,
    “God does not see what happens to us!”

⁵ “If you get tired racing against men,
    how can you race against horses?
You stumble in a country that is safe.
    What will you do in the thick thornbushes along the Jordan River?
⁶ These men are your own brothers.
    Members of your own family are making plans against you.
    People from your own family are crying out against you.
Don’t trust them,
    even when they speak to you like friends!