13 They have (A)sown wheat but have harvested thorns,
They have (B)strained themselves [a]to no profit.
So be ashamed of your (C)produce
Because of the (D)fierce anger of the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 12:13 Lit they do not profit

13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
    they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(A)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
    because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(B)

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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.

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63 so that you may (A)remember and be ashamed, and (B)not open your mouth again because of your disgrace, when I have [a](C)forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God declares.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:63 Or made atonement for

63 Then, when I make atonement(A) for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed(B) and never again open your mouth(C) because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)’”

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63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

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For while we were (A)in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were (B)brought to light by the Law, were at work (C)in [a]the parts of our body to bear fruit for death.

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  1. Romans 7:5 Lit our parts to bear

For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](A) the sinful passions aroused by the law(B) were at work in us,(C) so that we bore fruit for death.(D)

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  1. Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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