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Jeremiah 12:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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 12:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 12:1312 words
HebrewMeaning
זָרְע֤וּzārəʿw
bearverbH2232
conceive seed · set with sow · yield
חִטִּים֙ḥiṭiym
wheatnounH2406
וְ/קֹצִ֣יםwəqōṣiym
thornconjH6975
קָצָ֔רוּqāṣārw
cut downverbH7114
at all · much discouraged · grieve · harvestman ···
נֶחְל֖וּneḥəlw
beseechverbH2470
diseased · grief · be grieved · grievous ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוֹעִ֑לוּywōʿilw
set forwardverbH3276
at all · can do good · (be · have) profit
וּ/בֹ֨שׁוּ֙wbōšw
(beconjH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
מִ/תְּבוּאֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔םmitəbwʾōtēykem
fruitpronH8393
gain · increase · revenue
מֵ/חֲר֖וֹןmēḥărwōn
sore displeasurepronH2740
fierce · fury · wrath
אַףʾap
angerparticleH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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