Do not ask the Lord why

Jeremiah 12:1-17
Jeremiah complained to the Lord, why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why of all the faithless live at ease? How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Moreover, the people are saying, "He will not see what happens to us."
The Lord answered Jeremiah,  Do not trust them, though they speak well of you. I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance. Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm, for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other; no one will be safe.
The Lord will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them. After I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to his own inheritance and his own country. And if them learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, they will be established among my people.
Why?
The discovery leads Jeremiah to question God about the way evil people get on in the world. He is neither the first, nor the last, to puzzle over this.
In answer, God tells him there is worse to come! Nonetheless, he will punish, and afterwards restore.
The Jordan runs below sea-level from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea; and in Old testament times the river was bordered by dense, steamy thickets which were the haunt of wild animals.
House, inheritance, vineyard: Metaphors for the nation.
The Lord has compassion to his people, even they have done evil, he uproot them, after punished them he bring each of them back to their own land.
How?
Do not ask the Lord why, the Lord has his own plan and mercy to all of his creatures. Learn his way and swear by his holy name. I will be established among his people.