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Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

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ASV

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
זָרְע֤וּza.re.'Upeople have sownH2232 →
חִטִּים֙chi.Timwheat<s>H2406 →
וְקֹצִ֣יםve.ko.Tzimand thornsH6975 →
קָצָ֔רוּka.Tza.ruthey have reapedH7114 →
נֶחְל֖וּnech.Luthey have wearied themselvesH2470 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יוֹעִ֑לוּyo.'I.luthey have profitedH3276 →
וּבֹ֙שׁוּ֙u.Vo.shuand be ashamedH954 →
מִתְּבוּאֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םmi.te.vu.'O.tei.Khemfrom produce<s> yourH8393 →
מֵחֲר֖וֹןme.cha.Ronfrom [the] burning ofH2740 →
אַף־'af-[the] anger ofH639 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—Jeremiah 25:37–38The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?Jeremiah 4:26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.Jeremiah 3:23–25Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.Isaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Haggai 2:16–17from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.Isaiah 30:1–6“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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