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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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 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. Contemporary English Version Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares. Douay-Rheims Bible They 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. 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version He 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. 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. New American Bible They have made it a mournful waste, desolate before me, Desolate, the whole land, because no one 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 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. 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. 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. Additional Translations ... 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 Romans 8:22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. Leviticus 26:32 And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled. Isaiah 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Jeremiah 4:20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment. Jeremiah 4:27 For this is what the LORD says: "The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. Jeremiah 4:28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back." Jeremiah 12:4 How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, "He cannot see what our end will be." 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. (11) They have made it desolate.--The Hebrew is impersonal. "One has made it . . . ," i.e., it is made desolate. As in other poetry of strong emotion, the prophet dwells with a strange solemn iteration on the same sound--"desolate," "desolate," "desolate"--thrice in the same breath. The Hebrew word shemama, so uttered, must have sounded like a wail of lamentation. 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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