Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares. New Living Translation They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares. English Standard Version They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. Berean Standard Bible They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart. King James Bible They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. New King James Version They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. New American Standard Bible “It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. NASB 1995 “It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. NASB 1977 “It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. Legacy Standard Bible It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate Because no man sets it upon his heart. Amplified Bible “They have made it a wasteland, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made a wasteland, Because no man takes it to heart. Christian Standard Bible They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart. Holman Christian Standard Bible They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before Me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart. American Standard Version They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. Contemporary English Version Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares. English Revised Version They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. GOD'S WORD® Translation They've left it a wasteland. Devastated, it mourns in my presence. The whole land is destroyed, but no one takes this to heart. Good News Translation They have made it a wasteland; it lies desolate before me. The whole land has become a desert, and no one cares. International Standard Version They'll make it into a desolate place, and, desolate, it will cry out in mourning to me. The whole land will be desolate because no one takes it to heart. Majority Standard Bible They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart. NET Bible They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed. New Heart English Bible They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart. Webster's Bible Translation They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. World English Bible They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe has made it become a desolation, "" The desolation has mourned to Me, "" All the land has been desolated, "" But there is no one laying it to heart. Young's Literal Translation He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart. Smith's Literal Translation Setting her for a desolation, she mourned to me; all the land was set a desolation, for no man put upon his heart. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey have laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the heart. Catholic Public Domain Version They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart.” New American Bible They have made it a mournful waste, desolate before me, Desolate, the whole land, because no one takes it to heart. New Revised Standard Version They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no one lays it to heart. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey have made it desolate and destroyed it, and now being desolate, it cries out to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays the law to heart. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated They wasted and destroyed it. It mourned unto me. All the land has become extremely desolate, because there is no man who brings it to his heart OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917They have made it a desolation, It mourneth unto Me, being desolate; The whole land is made desolate, Because no man layeth it to heart. Brenton Septuagint Translation it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart. Audio Bible Context God's Answer to Jeremiah…10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. 11They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart. 12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.… Cross References Isaiah 24:3-6 The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word. / The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. ... Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. Zephaniah 1:2-3 “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. / “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 5:6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” Joel 1:10-12 The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up. Ezekiel 6:14 I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’” Isaiah 6:11-12 Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, / until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken. Micah 7:13 Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds. Isaiah 33:8-9 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. / The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. Amos 5:16-17 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD. Romans 8:20-22 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. Revelation 18:17-19 For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.” Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. Luke 19:41-44 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... Revelation 11:18 The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” Treasury of Scripture They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart. made it. Jeremiah 6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 10:22,25 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons… it mourneth. Jeremiah 12:4-8 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end… Jeremiah 14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. layeth. Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Isaiah 42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. Jump to Previous Cares Desolate Desolated Desolation Heart Laying Lays Mourned Mourneth Mourns Parched Waste Wasted Wasteland Weeping WholeJump to Next Cares Desolate Desolated Desolation Heart Laying Lays Mourned Mourneth Mourns Parched Waste Wasted Wasteland Weeping WholeJeremiah 12 1. Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin.5. God admonishes him of his brothers' treachery against him; 7. and laments his heritage. 14. He promises to the penitent return from captivity. They have made it a desolation The Hebrew word for "desolation" is "שְׁמָמָה" (shemamah), which conveys a sense of utter ruin and devastation. In the context of Jeremiah, this desolation is a result of the people's persistent disobedience and idolatry. Historically, this reflects the period leading up to the Babylonian exile, where the land of Judah faced destruction due to its inhabitants' failure to adhere to God's covenant. The phrase underscores the active role of the people in bringing about their own ruin, highlighting the consequences of turning away from God. desolate, it mourns before Me The whole land has been made desolate but no one takes it to heart Because no man layeth it to heart.--Better, no man laid it . . . The neglect of the past was bearing fruit in the misery of the present. Verse 11. - Layeth it to heart; rather, laid it to heart. Inconsiderateness is repeatedly spoken of as an aggravation of the moral sickness of Israel (Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 57:1, 11).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They have madeשָׂמָהּ֙ (śā·māh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set it a desolation. שְׁמֵמָ֑ה (šə·mê·māh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 8077: Devastation, astonishment Desolate לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה (liš·mā·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8076: Devastated before Me, עָלַ֖י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against it mourns; אָבְלָ֥ה (’ā·ḇə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 56: To bewail all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land is laid waste, נָשַׁ֙מָּה֙ (nā·šam·māh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy but כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction no אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle man אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person takes שָׂ֥ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set it to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against heart. לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre Links Jeremiah 12:11 NIVJeremiah 12:11 NLT Jeremiah 12:11 ESV Jeremiah 12:11 NASB Jeremiah 12:11 KJV Jeremiah 12:11 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 12:11 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 12:11 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 12:11 French Bible Jeremiah 12:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 12:11 They have made it a desolation (Jer.) |
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