Jeremiah 12:11

Jeremiah 12:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.

Context of Jeremiah 12:11

9Is my inheritance like a hyena to me? Are birds of prey circling her? Go, gather all the wild animals; bring them to devour her. 10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled my plot of land. They have turned my desirable plot into a desolate wasteland. They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart. 12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the Lord has a sword that devours from one end of the earth to the other. No one has peace. 13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves but have no profit. Be put to shame by your harvests because of the Lord’s burning anger.

Jeremiah 12:11 word by word

שָׂמָהּ֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י שְׁמֵמָ֑ה נָשַׁ֙מָּה֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֥ם עַל־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They have madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · devastatedH8076
• desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• it mournethאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• unto me; the whole landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• is made desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• because no manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• layethשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• to heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:11

• Jeremiah 6:8Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants.
• Jeremiah 9:11I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, an uninhabited place.
• Jeremiah 10:22Listen! A noise — it is coming — a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made desolate, a jackals’ den.
• Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and scoff because of all its wounds.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? Because of the evil of its residents, animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
• Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourns; her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.
• Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; the land mourns because of the curse, and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up. Their way of life has become evil, and their power is not rightly used
• Lamentations 1:1How she sits alone, the city once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labor.
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the head of every street.
• Lamentations 5:1Lord, remember what has happened to us. Look, and see our disgrace!
• Zechariah 7:5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
• Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.
• Isaiah 42:25So he poured out his furious anger and the power of war on Jacob. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it; it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous person perishes, and no one takes it to heart; the faithful are taken away, with no one realizing that the righteous person is taken away because of evil.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 12:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11No man layeth it to heart - Notwithstanding all these desolations, from which the land every where mourns, and which are so plainly the consequences of the people's crimes, no man layeth it to heart, or considereth that these are God's judgments; and that the only way to have them removed is to repent of their sins, and turn to God with all their hearts.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Desolate - The force of the protest lies in this word. Thrice the prophet uses it. Layeth it to heart - Rather, laid it “to heart.” The desolate land must put up its silent cry to God, because the people had refused to see the signs of the coming retribution.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 God's people had been the dearly-beloved of his soul, precious in his sight, but they acted so, that he gave them up to their enemies. Many professing churches become like speckled birds, presenting a mixture of religion and the world, with its vain fashions, pursuits, and pollutions. God's people are as men wondered at, as a speckled bird; but this people had by their own folly made themselves so; and the beasts and birds are called to prey…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The Lord felt deep sorrow as he looked at the barren land. He had commanded the invasion based on the Sinai covenant's terms, but it brought him no joy. Sadly, only God cared.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. mourneth unto me--that is, before Me. Eichorn translates, "by reason of Me," because I have given it to desolation (Jr 12:7). because no man layeth it to heart--because none by repentance and prayer seek to deprecate God's wrath. Or, "yet none lays it to heart"; as in Jr 5:3 [Calvin].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings