"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."
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Verse Jeremiah 12:13. _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
bles...
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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...
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CHAPTER 12
The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion
_ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet
compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _
Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
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THE DESOLATION OF JUDAH BY HER NEIGHBOURS, AND THEIR FUTURE. This
isolated prophecy is most naturally referred to the events of 2 Kings
24:1 f., when Jehoiakim had revolted against Nebuchadrezzar (_c....
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BUT. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and
Vulgate, read "but" in the text.
REVENUES. produce....
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Jeremiah 12:7-17. Devastation of Judah to be wrought by hostile
neighbours, who shall be punished by exile unless they submit to the
God of Israel
Jehovah in pathetic language deplores the necessity...
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IV. THE PAIN OF GOD Jeremiah 12:7-13
TRANSLATION
(7) I have forsaken My house, I have left My inheritance; I have given
the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies. (8) My
inheritance has be...
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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.
THEY HAVE SO...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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BUT SHALL REAP THORNS. — Better, _have reaped thorns;_ and so in the
next clause _they have profited nothing._ This which is truer to the
Hebrew is also truer to the Prophet’s meaning. The sentence of...
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זָרְע֤וּ חִטִּים֙ וְ קֹצִ֣ים קָצָ֔רוּ
נֶחְל֖וּ לֹ֣א יֹועִ֑לוּ וּ בֹ֨שׁוּ֙
מִ תְּבוּאֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם מֵ חֲרֹ֖ון...
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CHAPTER VII
THE BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1
THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to
summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
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Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender,
and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil
neighbors.
This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
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(m) They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they (n) have put
themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed
of (o) your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD....
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_Fruits. They shall not satisfy your expectations or wants._...
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I hope that I do not use any violence to this passage, neither strain
the holy scripture, when I say, that after everything which may be
said, in allusion here to Israel, I venture to consider somewha...
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Most interpreters understand this of the prophets, that they had been
disappointed, after having faithfully cultivated the field of God and
sown good seed, that thorns only had sprung up, and briars o...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to
Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the
call to o...
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THEY HAVE SOWN WHEAT, BUT SHALL REAP THORNS,.... Which may be
understood literally, the land of Judea being cursed for their sins,
and become barren and unfruitful, as the earth originally was for the...
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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.
Ver. 13. _Th...
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_The spoilers_ The Chaldean soldiers, described by the metaphor of _a
full wind_ of the high places, Jeremiah 4:11, _are come upon all high
places_ Have made themselves masters of all the natural fast...
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ISRAEL SPOILED BY THE ENEMIES...
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7-13 God's people had been the dearly-beloved of his soul, precious in
his sight, but they acted so, that he gave them up to their enemies.
Many professing churches become like speckled birds, present...
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THEY HAVE SOWN WHEAT, BUT SHALL REAP THORNS: if these words be
understood literally, they only signify that God would blast the
labours of the husbandman, and curse them in the field. The earth's
brin...
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Jeremiah 12:13 sown H2232 (H8804) wheat H2406 reaped H7114 (H8804)
thorns H6975 pain H2470 (H8738) profit H3276 (H8686) ashamed H954
(H8804) harvest H8393 fierce H2740 anger H639 LORD H3068
sown - Le...
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YHWH HAS FORSAKEN HIS HOUSE AND REJECTED HIS HERITAGE BECAUSE OF WHAT
IT HAS BECOME, AND THEIR EVIL NEIGHBOURS WILL ALSO BE PUNISHED, BUT
EVEN FOR THEM THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY TURN TO...
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CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's
complaint to God and God's rebuke.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences
toward...
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Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean
language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the
God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on
chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument.
All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 12:1
Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the
prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather,
_Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
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Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the
wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying,
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
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Deuteronomy 28:38; Habakkuk 2:13; Haggai 1:6; Haggai 2:16; Haggai
2:17; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 55:2; Jeremiah 3:23; Leviticus
26:
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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...