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 speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour! 10Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness. It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. 12On all the bare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For a sword of the Lord is devouring From one end of the land even to the other; There is no peace for anyone. 13They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, They have strained themselves to no profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 12:11 word by word

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

• It has been madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• Desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · devastatedH8076
• mournsאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• beforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• has been madeשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• Becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• noאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• laysשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• it to heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:11

• Jeremiah 6:8Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.”
• Jeremiah 9:11I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, A haunt of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• Jeremiah 10:22The sound of a report! Behold, it comes-- A great commotion out of the land of the north-- To make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
• Jeremiah 19:8I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long is the land to mourn And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ending.”
• Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.
• Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right.
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The glory of Israel, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
• Lamentations 4:1How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street.
• Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!
• Zechariah 7:5“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
• Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.
• Isaiah 42:25So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he paid no attention.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from 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