Jeremiah 12:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people will plant wheat, but they will harvest only thorns. They will work hard until they are very tired, but they will get nothing for all their work. They will be ashamed of their crop. The Lord’s anger caused this.”

Cross References

Haggai 1:6

You have planted many seeds, but you have gathered only a few crops. You have food to eat, but not enough to get full. You have something to drink, but not enough to get drunk. You have some clothes to wear, but not enough to keep warm. You earn a little money, but you don’t know where it all goes. It’s as though there is a hole in your pocket!’”

Micah 6:15

You will plant your seeds, but you will not gather food. You will try to squeeze oil from your olives, but you will not get any oil. You will crush your grapes, but you will not get enough juice to have wine to drink.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“Your fields will produce plenty of grain. But your harvest will be small, because the locusts will eat your harvest.

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on something that is not real food? Why should you work for something that does not really satisfy you? Listen closely to me and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the food that satisfies your soul.

Leviticus 26:16

If you do that, I will cause terrible things to happen to you. I will cause you to have disease and fever. They will destroy your eyes and take away your life. You will not have success when you plant your seed. And your enemies will eat your crops.

Habakkuk 2:13

But the Lord All-Powerful has decided that a fire will destroy everything that those people worked to build. All their work will be for nothing.

Jeremiah 4:26

I looked, and the good land had become a desert. All the cities in that land were destroyed by the Lord and his great anger.

Romans 6:21

You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of what you did. Did those things help you? No, they only brought death.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not give any crops, and your trees will not grow their fruit.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to their neighbor. No one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They sinned until they were too tired to come back.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I am the Lord, and I can look into a person’s heart. I can test a person’s mind and decide what each one should have. I can give each person the right payment for what they do.

Psalm 78:62

He showed his anger against his people and let them be killed in war.

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites did a foolish thing—it was like trying to plant the wind. But they will get only troubles—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow, but it will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

Haggai 1:9

The Lord All-Powerful said, “You people look for a big harvest, but when you go to gather the crop, there is only a little grain. So you bring that grain home, and then I send a wind that blows it all away. Why is this happening? Because my house is still in ruins while each of you runs home to take care of your own house.