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Jeremiah 12:12-14
Living Bible
Jeremiah 12:12-14
Living Bible
12 Destroying armies plunder the land; the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the nation to the other; nothing shall escape. 13 My people have sown wheat but reaped thorns; they have worked hard, but it does them no good. They shall harvest a crop of shame, for the fierce anger of the Lord is upon them.
14 And now the Lord says this to the evil nations, the nations surrounding the land God gave his people Israel: See, I will force you from your land just as Judah will be forced from hers;
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Jeremiah 12:12-14
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:12-14
New International Version
12 Over all the barren heights in the desert
destroyers will swarm,
for the sword(A) of the Lord(B) will devour(C)
from one end of the land to the other;(D)
no one will be safe.(E)
13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(F)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(G)
14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(H) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(I) them from their lands and I will uproot(J) the people of Judah from among them.
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