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Jeremiah 12:13

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13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.ac

They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.ad

Be put to shame by your harvests

because of the Lord’s burning anger.ae

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Cross references

  1. acLv 26:16; Dt 28:38; Hs 8:7; Mc 6:15; Hg 1:6
  2. adIs 55:2
  3. aeJr 4:26; 25:37–38

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;

they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.

They shall be ashamed of their harvests

because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They will sow wheat but reap thorns;

they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.

They will bear the shame of their harvest

because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”

NLTNew Living Translation

My people have planted wheat

but are harvesting thorns.

They have worn themselves out,

but it has done them no good.

They will harvest a crop of shame

because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They have sown wheat and they have reaped thorns.

They are exhausted, they do not profit.

And they will be ashamed of your produce,

because of the burning anger of Yahweh.”

KJV 1900King 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.