Jeremiah 12:11

⁹ Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

¹⁰ Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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.

¹² The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

¹³ They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
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.
WEB: They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.
BLB: They have made her a desolation; she mourns before Me, desolate; all the land has been made desolate! But no man [is] setting [it] upon the heart.

ÅB: De gjør den til en ødemark; sørgende og øde ligger den omkring meg; ødelagt er hele landet; for det er ikke noen som legger det[^4] på hjerte.
OTB: Den er gjort til en ødemark, uttørket og øde foran meg; hele landet er lagt øde fordi ingen tar det til hjertet.
B1930: De gjør den til en ødemark; sørgende og øde ligger den omkring mig; ødelagt er hele landet; for det er ikke nogen som legger det på hjerte. / < Herrens ord.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 42:25
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.
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Jeremiah 23:10
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.
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Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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Jeremiah 12:4–8
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.
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Zechariah 7:5
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
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Lamentations 1:1–5
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
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Isaiah 57:1
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.
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Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
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