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Jeremiah 12:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 12:12-14
Contemporary English Version
12 A destroying army
marches along desert roads
and attacks everywhere.
They are my deadly sword;
no one is safe from them.
13 My people, you planted wheat,
but because I was furious,
I let only weeds grow.
You wore yourselves out
and gained only shame!
The Lord Will Have Pity on Other Nations
14 The Lord said:
I gave this land to my people Israel, but enemies around it have attacked and robbed it. So I will uproot them from their own countries just as I will uproot Judah from its land.
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Jeremiah 12:12-14
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:12-14
New International Version
12 Over all the barren heights in the desert
destroyers will swarm,
for the sword(A) of the Lord(B) will devour(C)
from one end of the land to the other;(D)
no one will be safe.(E)
13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(F)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(G)
14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(H) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(I) them from their lands and I will uproot(J) the people of Judah from among them.
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