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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 12:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 12:13 |
Strong Concordance |
They have sown [02232] wheat [02406], but shall reap [07114] thorns [06975]: they have put themselves to pain [02470], but shall not profit [03276]: and they shall be ashamed [0954] of your revenues [08393] because of the fierce [02740] anger [0639] of the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Description in detail of the devastation of the land (Mic 6:15).
they shall be ashamed of your--The change of persons, in passing from indirect to direct address, is frequent in the prophets. Equivalent to, "Ye shall be put to the shame of disappointment at the smallness of your produce." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Shall reap ... shall not profit - Rather, have reaped ... have profited nothing. The force of the proverb is that all their labors had ended only in disappointment.
And they shall be ashamed of your revenues - Or, yea, be ashamed of your produce - the produce of the fields. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shall not profit - All the works of their hands, all their counsels and deliberations should be of no profit unto them. Because - The fierce anger of God shall be so shewed, that the returns of their labours or estates, the profits of their trades, shall be so small, that they shall be ashamed of them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns - All their projects shall fail: none of their enterprises shall succeed. They are enemies to God, and therefore cannot have his blessing. |
15 Thou shalt sow [02232], but thou shalt not reap [07114]; thou shalt tread [01869] the olives [02132], but thou shalt not anoint [05480] thee with oil [08081]; and sweet wine [08492], but shalt not drink [08354] wine [03196].