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

9They attack me like hyenas, but vultures are ready to attack them. Tell all the wild animals to come, so that they can eat their dead bodies! 10Many foreign leaders will come. They will destroy the land where my people live. It was a beautiful garden where I planted my people. But enemies will make it become like a desert. They will make it a dry and empty place, where nobody lives and nothing grows. The whole land will be like a desert. There will be nobody to take care of it. 12Soldiers will march over the hills in the wilderness. They will come to destroy the whole land. I, the Lord, will use them as my weapon. I will punish everyone. Nobody will be safe. 13My people will plant seeds of wheat, but they will only have weeds at harvest time. They will work very hard, but they will get nothing. At harvest time, they will have no crops to be proud of. Because I am very angry, they will not have any food.’

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 6:8Listen to me as I warn you, Jerusalem. If not, I will turn away from you. I will destroy you completely. Nobody will live on your land any more.’
• Jeremiah 9:11The Lord replied, ‘I will make Jerusalem a heap of stones. Only wild animals will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that nobody can live in them.’
• Jeremiah 10:22Listen! We have heard the news! There is the noise of a great army in the north. It is marching towards us! It is coming to attack the towns of Judah. It will make them heaps of stones. Only wild animals will live in them.
• Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city a heap of stones. People will see how disgusting my people are. Everybody who goes near there will be very surprised. They will see all the terrible trouble that has happened to the city and they will insult it.
• Jeremiah 12:4Our land has been dry for a long time. The grass everywhere is dying. How long will this continue? The animals and the birds are dying. This has happened because the people who live in this land do wicked things. They like to boast, ‘God will not see what happens to us.’
• Jeremiah 14:2‘Judah's people are very sad and upset. The people in Judah's cities are becoming weak. They are sitting on the ground and they are weeping. Jerusalem's people call to me for help.
• Jeremiah 23:10The land is full of people who are not faithful to God. The prophets live wicked lives. They use their power in a bad way. Because of that, God has cursed the land. The land is as dry as a desert, and the fields have no grass.
• Lamentations 1:1The city that was full of people is lonely now. The city is like the wife of a dead husband. Once she was great. She was like a queen among the other places in the country. Now she is a slave.
• Lamentations 2:1The Lord was very angry. He wanted Zion's people to be ashamed. Zion was the most beautiful city in Israel. But he has put it down to the ground from its high place. Zion was like a place where he had rested his feet. Now that he is angry, he has forgotten about that.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen trouble. God punished me because he was angry with me.
• Lamentations 4:1Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has changed! The valuable stones from the Holy Place lie at the end of every street!
• Lamentations 5:1Lord, please remember the trouble that has happened to us. Look at us, because we are ashamed.
• Zechariah 7:5He said, ‘Say this to all the people in this country and to the priests: “You lived in Babylon for many years. You ate no food and you were sad in the fifth month and in the seventh month. But you did not do this for me.
• Ecclesiastes 7:2If you go to a house where there is a funeral, that is better for you than to go to a party. Everyone will die one day. People should think about death while they are still alive.
• Isaiah 42:25So the Lord was very angry with them. He punished them with a cruel war. His anger was like a fire all round them, but they did not understand what he was doing. His anger burned them, but they did not learn their lesson.
• Isaiah 57:1When somebody who worships God dies, nobody else may think much about it. An honest person may suddenly die. Nobody really understands what is happening. God takes away his servants, so that evil things will not hurt them any more.

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