What Does Jeremiah 12:1 Mean?

“Righteous”

just

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“art thou O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“when I plead”

properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

near, with or among; often in general, to

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

“with thee of thy judgments”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“with thee yet let me talk”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

what (is) known?; i.e., (by implication) (adverbially) why?

“Wherefore doth the way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

“of the wicked”

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

“prosper”

to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

“wherefore are all they happy”

to be tranquil, i.e., secure or successful

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“that deal very”

a covering, i.e., clothing

“treacherously”

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage