Jeremiah 12:11

11 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.

Jeremiah 12:11 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
11 They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.
NLT
11 They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.
MSG
11 They leave them littered with junk - a ruined land, a land in lament. The whole countryside is a wasteland, and no one will really care.
CSB
11 They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before Me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart.

Jeremiah 12:11 In-Context

9 Has not my inheritance become to me like a speckled bird of prey that other birds of prey surround and attack? Go and gather all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.
10 Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
11 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.
12 Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm, for the sword of the LORD will devour from one end of the land to the other; no one will be safe.
13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns; they will wear themselves out but gain nothing. They will bear the shame of their harvest because of the LORD’s fierce anger.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Isaiah 5:6; S Isaiah 24:4
  • 2. ver 4; Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 9:12; Jeremiah 14:4; Jeremiah 23:10
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