12 “On all the [a](A)bare heights in the wilderness
Destroyers have come,
For a (B)sword of the Lord is devouring
From one end of the land even to the [b]other;
There is (C)no peace for [c]anyone.
13 “They have (D)sown wheat and have reaped thorns,
They have (E)strained themselves [d]to no profit.
But be ashamed of your [e](F)harvest
Because of the (G)fierce anger of the Lord.”

14 Thus says the Lord concerning all My (H)wicked neighbors who (I)strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, “Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will (J)uproot the house of Judah from among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:12 Or caravan trails
  2. Jeremiah 12:12 Lit other end of the land
  3. Jeremiah 12:12 Lit all flesh
  4. Jeremiah 12:13 Lit they do not profit
  5. Jeremiah 12:13 Lit products