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The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/12.htm">New King James Version</a> They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate Because no man sets it upon his heart. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “They have made it a wasteland, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made a wasteland, Because no man takes it to heart. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before Me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They've left it a wasteland. Devastated, it mourns in my presence. The whole land is destroyed, but no one takes this to heart. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> They have made it a wasteland; it lies desolate before me. The whole land has become a desert, and no one cares. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> They'll make it into a desolate place, and, desolate, it will cry out in mourning to me. The whole land will be desolate because no one takes it to heart. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart. <a href="/net/jeremiah/12.htm">NET Bible</a> They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. <a href="/web/jeremiah/12.htm">World English Bible</a> They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> He has made it become a desolation, "" The desolation has mourned to Me, "" All the land has been desolated, "" But there is no one laying it to heart. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Setting her for a desolation, she mourned to me; all the land was set a desolation, for no man put upon his heart.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They have laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the heart. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Bible</a> They have made it a mournful waste, desolate before me, Desolate, the whole land, because no one takes it to heart. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no one lays it to heart.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> They have made it desolate and destroyed it, and now being desolate, it cries out to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays the law to heart. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> They wasted and destroyed it. It mourned unto me. All the land has become extremely desolate, because there is no man who brings it to his heart<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> They have made it a desolation, It mourneth unto Me, being desolate; The whole land is made desolate, Because no man layeth it to heart. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3764" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">God's Answer to Jeremiah</a> …10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. 11<a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śā·māh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">They have made</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šə·mê·māh (Adj-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">it a desolation;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8076.htm" title="8076: liš·mā·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Devastated. From shamem; ruined.">desolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">before Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: ’ā·ḇə·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">it mourns.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: nā·šam·māh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">is laid waste,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śām (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">takes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">it to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart.</a> 12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/24-3.htm">Isaiah 24:3-6</a> The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word. / The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. ... <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/zephaniah/1-2.htm">Zephaniah 1:2-3</a> “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. / “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a> I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a> The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up. <a href="/ezekiel/6-14.htm">Ezekiel 6:14</a> I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’” <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11-12</a> Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, / until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken. <a href="/micah/7-13.htm">Micah 7:13</a> Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds. <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Isaiah 33:8-9</a> The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. / The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a> Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD. <a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a> For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-19</a> For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a> The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.made it.<a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Jeremiah 6:8</a> Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.<a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a> And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.<a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Jeremiah 10:22,25</a> Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons… it mourneth.<a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4-8</a> How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end… <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2</a> Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.layeth.<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:2</a> It is better 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 lay it to his heart.<a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a> Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.<a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Isaiah 57:1</a> The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-3.htm">Cares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-27.htm">Laying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Lays</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Wasteland</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Cares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Laying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Lays</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Wasteland</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 12</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin.</a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">God admonishes him of his brothers' treachery against him;</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">and laments his heritage.</a> 14. <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">He promises to the penitent return from captivity.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They have made it a desolation; This phrase refers to the actions of the people of Judah and their leaders, who through their idolatry and disobedience have brought about the desolation of the land. The term "desolation" is often used in the Old Testament to describe the result of divine judgment. In the context of Jeremiah, it reflects the consequences of the people's persistent sin and rebellion against God. The land, once fertile and blessed, is now barren and empty, symbolizing the spiritual barrenness of the nation. This desolation is a fulfillment of the warnings given by the prophets, including Jeremiah, who called the people to repentance.desolate before Me, it mourns. The imagery of the land mourning is a powerful personification, indicating that creation itself is affected by human sin. This echoes the idea found in <a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a>, where creation groans under the weight of sin and awaits redemption. The phrase "before Me" emphasizes that this desolation is not hidden from God; it is in His presence and under His observation. The mourning of the land can also be seen as a reflection of God's own sorrow over the state of His creation and His people. This mourning is not just a physical desolation but a spiritual lamentation over the broken relationship between God and His people.All the land is laid waste, This statement underscores the totality of the destruction. The "land" here refers to the entire territory of Judah, which has been devastated by the Babylonian invasion as a result of God's judgment. Historically, this devastation was not only physical but also social and economic, as the Babylonian conquest led to the exile of many inhabitants and the collapse of the nation's structures. The phrase highlights the comprehensive nature of the judgment, leaving no part of the land untouched by the consequences of sin.but no man takes it to heart. This phrase points to the spiritual apathy and hardness of heart among the people. Despite the clear signs of judgment and the prophetic warnings, the people remain unrepentant and indifferent. This lack of response is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where the call to repentance often goes unheeded. The phrase suggests a disconnect between the visible consequences of sin and the internal recognition of guilt and need for change. It serves as a warning against complacency and a call to self-examination and repentance. This indifference is contrasted with the call in the New Testament for believers to be vigilant and responsive to God's discipline, as seen in passages like <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-8</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his lamentations over the spiritual and physical desolation of the land. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which faced destruction and exile due to its persistent disobedience and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the land of Judah, which has become desolate due to the people's sin and neglect of God's commandments. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Lord who mourns over the desolation of the land and the spiritual state of His people. 5. <a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a> The state of the land as a result of the people's sin, symbolizing both physical ruin and spiritual barrenness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin leads to desolation, both spiritually and physically. When we turn away from God, we invite ruin into our lives and communities. <a href="/topical/g/god's_heart_for_his_people.htm">God's Heart for His People</a> God mourns over the desolation caused by sin. His desire is for restoration and repentance, not destruction. <a href="/topical/t/taking_sin_seriously.htm">Taking Sin Seriously</a> The phrase "because no one takes it to heart" challenges us to be vigilant and responsive to sin in our lives and communities. Ignoring sin leads to greater devastation. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Desolation is a call to return to God. We must examine our hearts and turn back to Him, seeking His forgiveness and restoration. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> While the land is desolate, God's ultimate plan is for renewal and restoration. We can trust in His promises and work towards spiritual renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 12</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_recovery_in_desolated_areas.htm">Jeremiah 33:12 suggests desolated regions will again be fruitful--what archaeological or historical evidence supports or challenges the claim that these areas fully recovered?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_babylon_inhabited_post-destruction.htm">Jeremiah 25:12 foretells Babylon becoming a perpetual desolation, yet archaeological evidence shows later habitation; how do we explain this?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_daniel_9_1-2_fit_70-year_exile.htm">How do we reconcile Daniel 9:1-2's reference to Jeremiah's seventy years with the actual duration of the Babylonian exile?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_'abomination'_in_matt_24_15.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence for the 'abomination of desolation' mentioned in Matthew 24:15?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) They have made it desolate.--The Hebrew is impersonal. "One has made it . . . ," i.e., it is made desolate. As in other poetry of strong emotion, the prophet dwells with a strange solemn iteration on the same sound--"desolate," "desolate," "desolate"--thrice in the same breath. The Hebrew word shemama, so uttered, must have sounded like a wail of lamentation.Because no man layeth it to heart.--Better, no man laid it . . . The neglect of the past was bearing fruit in the misery of the present.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Layeth it to heart; rather, laid it to heart. Inconsiderateness is repeatedly spoken of as an aggravation of the moral sickness of Israel (<a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Isaiah 57:1, 11</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They have made שָׂמָהּ֙ (śā·māh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set it a desolation. שְׁמֵמָ֑ה (šə·mê·māh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> Devastation, astonishment Desolate לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה (liš·mā·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8076.htm">Strong's 8076: </a> Devastated before Me, עָלַ֖י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against it mourns; אָבְלָ֥ה (’ā·ḇə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> To bewail all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land is laid waste, נָשַׁ֙מָּה֙ (nā·šam·māh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> To stun, devastate, stupefy but כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction no אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle man אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person takes שָׂ֥ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set it to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against heart. לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 12:11 They have made it a desolation (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>