Jeremiah 12:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out for nothing!

Cross References

Psalm 78:62

God took out his anger on his chosen ones and let them be killed by enemy swords.

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on what isn't really food? Why work hard for something that doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will enjoy the very best foods.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I know your deeds and your thoughts, and I will make sure you get what you deserve.

Jeremiah 4:26

Farmland had become a desert, and towns were in ruins. The LORD's fierce anger had done all of this.

Jeremiah 9:5

They wear themselves out, always looking for a new way to cheat their friends.

Hosea 8:7

If you scatter wind instead of wheat, you will harvest a whirlwind and have no wheat. Even if you harvest grain, enemies will steal it all.

Leviticus 26:16

I will punish you terribly, and you will be ruined. You will be struck with incurable diseases and with fever that leads to blindness and depression. Your enemies will eat the crops you plant,

Leviticus 26:20

All your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit.

Micah 6:15

You won't harvest what you plant or use the oil from your olive trees or drink the wine from grapes you grow.

Habakkuk 2:13

But the LORD All-Powerful sends up in flames what nations and people work so hard to gain.

Haggai 1:6

You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes.

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.

Romans 6:21

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant a lot of seed, but gather a small harvest, because locusts will eat your crops.