Jeremiah 12:13

Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace.

14For thus says the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbors that touch my inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I will draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:38You shall carry forth much seed into the field, and you shall bring in little, because the locust shall devour it.

Isaiah 30:1Woe to the apostate children, says the Lord: you⌃ have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins:

Isaiah 55:2Therefore do you⌃ value at the price of money, and give your labor + 55:2 See Col 2. ult. for that which will not satisfy? listen to me, and you⌃ shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.

Jeremiah 3:25We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 25:37And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.

Micah 6:15You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall press the olive, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and shall make wine, but you⌃ shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.

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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