Jeremiah 12:13

“They have sown wheat and thorns they have reaped; they have worn themselves out; it does not profit them. And be ashamed of your harvests because of the burning anger of YHWH.”

Jeremiah 12:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 12:13, word by word

They have sownזָרְעוּzaru

sow

To put seed in the ground.

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wheatחִטִּיםchitim

wheat

Wheat.

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and thornsקֹצִיםkotsim

thorn

Thorn, thornbush.

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they have reapedקָצָרוּkatsaru

reap

To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.

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they have worn themselves outנֶחְלוּnechlu

be sick

To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.

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profit themיוֹעִלוּyoilu

profit, be useful

To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.

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And be ashamedבֹשׁוּvoshu

be ashamed

To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.

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of your harvestsתְּבוּאֹתֵיtevuote

produce

What the land brings forth.

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because of the burningחֲרוֹןcharon

burning anger

Burning of anger.

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angerאַףaf

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

12On all the bare heights in the wilderness destroyers have come, for the sword of YHWH devours from one end of the land to the other end of the land; there is no peace for any flesh.

13 · This verse (above)

14Thus says YHWH concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the inheritance that I gave as an inheritance to my people Israel: “Look, I am uprooting them from their ground, and the house of Judah I will uproot from among them.

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