12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
13 (A)They have sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have [a]put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

14 Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who (B)touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will (C)pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:13 Or strained

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