Jeremiah 12:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹They’ll make it into a desolate place,
    and, desolate, it will cry out in mourning to me.
The whole land will be desolate
    because no one takes it to heart.
¹²On all the barren heights in the desert
    destroyers will come.
Indeed, a sword of the Lord will devour from
    one end of the land to the other.
There will be no peace^[a] for any person.^[b]
¹³They 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.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 12:12 Or safety
Jeremiah 12:12 Lit. for all flesh

Jeremiah 12:11-13

New International Version

¹¹It will be made a wasteland,^(A)
    parched and desolate before me;^(B)
the whole land will be laid waste
    because there is no one who cares.
¹²Over all the barren heights in the desert
    destroyers will swarm,
for the sword^(C) of the Lord^(D) will devour^(E)
    from one end of the land to the other;^(F)
    no one will be safe.^(G)
¹³They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
    they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.^(H)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
    because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”^(I)

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Jeremiah 12:11-13

King James Version

¹¹They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

¹²The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

¹³They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

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