Jeremiah 12 - You Think I Want to Destroy Them?

Jeremiah , upon hearing of the plot to kill him, gets angry with God.  Why do You allow evil to prosper like this? First he asks God to destroy the evildoers, but then the prophet argues out loud.  Why all of this destruction? Why did you let them propser and become so evil?  God responds, I love My people, it is they who deviated from the path I laid out for them.  I will therefore hand them over to their enemies, but know this:  The people who make Israel suffer will have their day of reckoning as well.  If they learn My ways they will be a part of the redemption, if not, they will be erased.