13 They have (A)sown wheat but have harvested thorns,
They have (B)strained themselves [a]to no profit.
So be ashamed of your (C)produce
Because of the (D)fierce anger of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:13 Lit they do not profit

13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
    they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(A)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
    because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(B)

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58 This is what the Lord of armies says:

“The broad (A)wall of Babylon will be completely demolished,
And her high (B)gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will (C)labor for nothing,
And the nations become (D)exhausted only for fire.”

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58 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Babylon’s thick wall(A) will be leveled
    and her high gates(B) set on fire;
the peoples(C) exhaust(D) themselves for nothing,
    the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”(E)

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64 and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and (A)not rise again, because of the disaster that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become (B)exhausted.’” (C)To this point are the words of Jeremiah.

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64 Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more(A) because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people(B) will fall.’”(C)

The words of Jeremiah end(D) here.

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