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 Living Translation (NLT)They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.

Context of Jeremiah 12:11

9My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour! 10“Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. 12The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace. 13They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not 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

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 instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited.”
• Jeremiah 9:11“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
• Jeremiah 10:22Behold, the noise of the report has come, And a great commotion out of the north country, To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.
• Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”
• Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
• Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; For because of a curse the land mourns. The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life is evil, And their might is not right.
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become dim! How changed the fine gold! The stones of the sanctuary are scattered At the head of every street.
• Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold 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 during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me—for Me?
• Ecclesiastes 7:2Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart.
• Isaiah 42:25Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous 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