Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown chittim (wheat), but shall reap kotzim (thorns); 1 they have tired themselves out, but shall not profit; 1 and they shall be ashamed of your harvests 1 because of the Charon Af Hashem (burning furious wrath of Hashem).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They 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.

In Context

12The plunderers are come upon 1 all barren heights in the midbar; 1 for the Cherev Hashem shall devour from the one end of the Eretz even to the other end of HaAretz; 1 no basar shall have shalom. 1

14Thus saith Hashem concerning all Mine evil shchenim (neighbors), that touch the nachalah which I have caused My people Yisroel to inherit: See, I will uproot them out of their adamah, and uproot the Bais Yehudah from among them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shalt carry much zera out into the sadeh, and shalt gather but little in; for the arbeh shall devour it.

Isaiah 30:1Hoy (woe, doom) to the banim sorerim (obstinately rebellious children), saith Hashem, 1 that take etzah, but not from Me; 1 and in their plans weave a web, but not of My Ruach, 1 that they may heap up chattat upon chattat; 1

Isaiah 55:2Why do ye spend kesef for that which is not lechem? 1 And your labor for that which satisfieth not? 1 Pay heed diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is tov, 1 and let your nefesh delight itself in deshen (the best food, the fat of the land). 1

Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our Boshet (Shame), and kelimateinu (our humiliation) covereth us; for we have sinned against Hashem Eloheinu, we and Avoteinu, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Hashem Eloheinu.

Jeremiah 25:37And the ne'ot hashalom (peaceful folds) are laid waste because of the Charon Af Hashem. 1

Micah 6:15Thou shalt sow the zera, but thou shalt not reap the katzir (harvest); 1 thou shalt tread the zayit (olives), but thou shalt not anoint thee with shemen (olive oil); 1 and yayin shalt thou not drink. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:8-14

The State of Judah and Israel. ( b. c. 606.) 7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they… Read the whole commentary →

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