How long is the (A)land to mourn,
And the (B)vegetation of the [a]countryside to dry up?
Due to the (C)wickedness of those who live in it,
(D)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because people have said, “He will not see our final (E)end.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:4 Lit whole field

How long will the land lie parched(A)
    and the grass in every field be withered?(B)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.(C)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”

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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.

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11 [a]It has been made a desolation;
Desolate, it (A)mourns [b]before Me;
The (B)whole land has been made desolate,
Because no one (C)takes it to heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:11 Lit One has made it
  2. Jeremiah 12:11 Or upon

11 It will be made a wasteland,(A)
    parched and desolate before me;(B)
the whole land will be laid waste
    because there is no one who cares.

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11 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.

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