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Jeremiah 12:13 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Jeremiah 12:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 12 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. they shall: or, ye shall”
Jeremiah 12:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 12:13
This verse announces futile labor: 'They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns.' The Hebrew chitta (חִטָּה, wheat) versus qotsim (קֹצִים, thorns) reverses expected harvest. 'They have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit.' The Hebrew nichlah (נֶחֱלוּ, be sick, pain oneself) indicates exhausting effort without benefit (ya'il, profit). 'And they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.' 'Revenues' (tevu'oth, produce, income) bring shame (bush) rather than pride. The 'fierce anger of the LORD' (charon aph YHWH) explains the reversal—divine wrath nullifie...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 12:13
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“but won't reap. You will tread the olives”
“and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.”
“and bring in little. You eat”
“even consumption and fever”
“and eat you that which is good”
“And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
“isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire”
“and behold”
“the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.”
“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.”