Jeremiah 12:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Jeremiah 12:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 o...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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....
Jeremiah 12:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

but. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "but" in the text. revenues . produce.
Jeremiah 12:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 b...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ha...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 12:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-23 and Jeremiah 12:1-17 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the...
Jeremiah 12:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 somewh...
Jeremiah 12:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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....
Jeremiah 12:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 f...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The State of Judah and Israel. B. C. 606. 7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mi...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 b...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 12:1-6 with the c...
Jeremiah 12:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 12:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel Spoiled by the Enemies
Jeremiah 12:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:38 ; Habakkuk 2:13 ; Haggai 1:6 ; Haggai 2:16 ; Haggai 2:17 ; Isaiah 30:1-6 ; Isaiah 31:1-3 ; Isaiah 55:2 ; Jeremiah 3:23-25 ; Leviticus 26:16 ; Micah 6:15 ; Romans 6:21
Jeremiah 12:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 the...

Jeremiah 12:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 12:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 12:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 12:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 12:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 12:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 12:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 12:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 12:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 12:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 12:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 12:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes