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## Jeremiah 12:8-10 in Context (Verses 5–13 KJV)
 
 [5 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/5) ¶ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and *if* in the land of peace, *wherein* thou trustedst, *they wearied thee*, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
 
 [6 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/6) For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.**
 
 [7 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/7) ¶ I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/8) Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.*
 
 [9 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/9) 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 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/10) Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/11) 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 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/12) 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 ](/kjv/jeremiah/12/13) 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.*
 
[Jeremiah 11](/kjv/jeremiah/11) [Jeremiah 13](/kjv/jeremiah/13)

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