8 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest;
It cries out against Me;
Therefore I have ahated it.
It cries out against Me;
Therefore I have ahated it.
9 My1 heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture;
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
aBring them to devour!
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
aBring them to devour!
10 “Many arulers have destroyed bMy vineyard,
They have ctrodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My1 pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
They have ctrodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My1 pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it adesolate;
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because bno one takes it to heart.
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because bno one takes it to heart.
12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
13 aThey have1 sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
14 Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who atouch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will bpluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 aThen it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them band bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Jeremiah 12:10 Mean?
Jeremiah 12:10-11
God had surveyed His land and had seen the horrendous devastation wrought upon it by self-serving, uncaring, unappreciative people, leaders of the nation who should have known better. The result of the environmental degradation will be a lot of work—but not much in the way of harvest.
Charles Whitaker
A Tale of Two Complaints (Part One)
Related Topics: A Tale of Two Complaints
| Apostate Leadership
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| Self-Caring, Unappreciative People
| Self-Serving Leaders
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