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13 They have sown wheat,
    but they have harvested thorns.
They have tired themselves out,
    but they don’t show a profit.
Now be disappointed about your harvest
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

God’s Word about Judah’s Neighbors

14 This is what the Lord says about all the wicked neighbors who strike out against the land[a] I’ve given to my people Israel as their inheritance:[b] “I’m about to uproot them from their land, and I’ll uproot the house of Judah from among them. 15 After I’ve uprooted them, I’ll again have compassion on them. I’ll return each one of them to his inheritance, and each one to his own land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:14 Lit. inheritance
  2. Jeremiah 12:14 Lit. to inherit