Jeremiah 12:5 meaning and explanation

“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

Jeremiah 12:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has just poured out a complaint to God: the wicked prosper while he, God's faithful prophet, suffers, and he asks why (verses 1 to 4). God answers him directly in verse 5 with two pointed proverbs.

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