Jeremiah 12:13
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
חָלָה
they have wearied themselves
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
קָצַר
they have reaped
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קָצַר
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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יַעַל
they have profited
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יַעַל
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
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זָרַע
people have sown
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זָרַע
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
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חִטָּה
wheats
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חִטָּה
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
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