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  1. The ultimate question<\/em>. Verse 1 gives voice to the frustration of anyone who believes that God is <\/span>tzadik<\/span><\/em>, wholly righteous. If God is just, \u201cWhy does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are the workers of treachery at ease?\u201d Someone who is evil, yet has it good (<\/span>rasha\u2019 vetov lo<\/span><\/em>) is as troublesome as the suffering of the righteous (<\/span>tzadik ve-ra\u2019 lo<\/span><\/em>).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. What do the bad people think?<\/em> And why do they allow themselves to do such evil things with no account? An answer appears in verse 4, \u201cHe will not look upon our future?\u201d God isn\u2019t watching, and won\u2019t punish in the end.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Cheer up – it will be worse\u2026<\/em> That\u2019s what God says to Jeremiah in verses 5-6. It\u2019s actually already worse than you think. If you thought you have some support from your family, you\u2019re wrong: \u201cFor even your kinsmen and your father\u2019s house, Even they are treacherous toward you, They cry after you as a mob. Do not believe them when they speak cordially to you.\u201d And God knows what he\u2019s talking about. We will also learn in the chapters that follow.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Watch out! Wild animals<\/em>. Verses 8-9 present a very unfriendly band of predators. The people is like \u201ca lion in the forest\u201d who roars at God, as if He were the enemy, and not a friend. The \u201cinheritance\u201d (the people) behaves like \u201ca vulture.\u201d The enemy too is likened to a vulture, that circles carrion. And the climactic punishment is inviting all the wild beasts to come and join in the devouring. Not very pleasant.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Bad neighbors<\/em>. We\u2019re not talking here about the enemy from the North, but the closer neighbors, such as: Ammon, Moav, Edom, and Philistia. From verse 14 it seems that in the generation of the destruction, there were those that \u201cencroached on the heritage,\u201d and conquered Judan territory. 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