They have sownזָרְעוּwheatחִטִּיםand thornsוְקֹצִיםthey have reaped;קָצָרוּthey have worn themselves out;נֶחְלוּit does notלֹאprofit them.יוֹעִלוּAnd be ashamedוּבֹשׁוּof your harvestsמִתְּבוּאֹתֵיכֶםbecause of the burningמֵחֲרוֹןangerאַףof YHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 12:13
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 12:13, word by word
- They have sownזָרְעוּzaru
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zaru” appears- wheatחִטִּיםchitim
wheat
Wheat.
Where else “chitim” appears- and thornsקֹצִיםkotsim
thorn
Thorn, thornbush.
Where else “kotsim” appears- they have reapedקָצָרוּkatsaru
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “katsaru” appears- they have worn themselves outנֶחְלוּnechlu
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “nechlu” appears- profit themיוֹעִלוּyoilu
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “yoilu” appears- And be ashamedבֹשׁוּvoshu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “voshu” appears- of your harvestsתְּבוּאֹתֵיtevuote
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuote” appears- because of the burningחֲרוֹןcharon
burning anger
Burning of anger.
Where else “charon” appears- angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears
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.