Jeremiah 12:13 - Modern English Version

¹³ They have sown wheat, but reap thorns; they have strained themselves, but shall not profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ They have sown wheat but have reaped thorns; they have worn themselves out but without profit. And they shall be ashamed of your [lack of] harvests and revenues because of the fierce and glowing anger of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹³ They have sown wheat and reaped weeds; they have worn themselves out for nothing. They will be ashamed of their harvest on account of the LORD’s fierce anger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ They sowed wheat, but they reaped thorns. They received an inheritance, but it will not benefit them. You will be confounded by your own fruits, because of the wrath of the fury of the Lord.

Jeremiah 12:13 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 78:62

He gave His people over to the sword, and was filled with wrath at His inheritance.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Jeremiah 4:26

I looked, and behold, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves in committing iniquity.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no head and will yield no flour. If it were to yield, foreigners would swallow it up.

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this to you: I will visit you with terror, with wasting disease, and with a fever that shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart, and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield her increase, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Micah 6:15

You will sow, but not reap; you will tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will crush grapes, but not drink wine.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of Hosts that the people labor to feed fire, and the nations weary themselves for nothing?

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

Haggai 1:9

You looked for much, and it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of Hosts. Because of My house that lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house.

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you have then from the things of which you are now ashamed? The result of those things is death.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will carry a lot of seed out into the field but will gather but little in, for the locust will consume it.