Jeremiah 12:13

New Century Version

The people have planted wheat, but they have harvested only thorns. They have worked hard until they were very tired, but they have nothing for all their work. They are ashamed of their poor harvest, because the Lord’s terrible anger has caused this.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:62

He let his people be killed; he was very angry with his children.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I, the Lord, look into a person’s heart and test the mind. So I can decide what each one deserves; I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”

Jeremiah 4:26

I looked, and the good, rich land had become a desert. All its towns had been destroyed by the Lord and his great anger.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to his friend, and no one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They have become tired from sinning.

Hosea 8:7

“Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind, but they will harvest a storm. Like a stalk with no head of grain, it produces nothing. Even if it produced something, other nations would eat it.

Leviticus 26:16

As a result, I will do this to you: I will cause terrible things to happen to you. I will cause you to have disease and fever that will destroy your eyes and slowly kill you. You will not have success when you plant your seed, and your enemy will eat your crops.

Leviticus 26:20

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

Micah 6:15

You will plant, but you won’t harvest. You will step on your olives, but you won’t get any oil from them. You will crush the grapes, but you will not drink the new wine.

Habakkuk 2:13

The Lord All-Powerful will send fire to destroy what those people have built; all the nations’ work will be for nothing.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.”

Haggai 1:9

“You look for much, but you find little. When you bring it home, I destroy it. Why?” asks the Lord All-Powerful. “Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins!

Romans 6:21

You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of them. Those things only bring death.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant much seed in your field, but your harvest will be small, because locusts will eat the crop.