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Jeremiah 12:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 12:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 Upon all the barren heights of the desert
those who wreak destruction have arrived.
For the Lord will wield a devouring sword
from one end of the land to the other;
no living thing will remain unscathed.
13 Men have sown wheat only to reap thorns;
they have worked to the point of exhaustion
but have profited nothing.
Their harvests are a source of disappointment
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
14 Judah’s Evil Neighbors. Thus says the Lord, “As for all my evil neighbors who have seized the inheritance I gave to my people Israel, I will uproot them from their land, and from among them I will uproot the house of Judah.
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