Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.
What it says
The people sow wheat but reap thorns and will be ashamed of their harvest because of the LORD's fierce anger.
What it is doing
This verse closes the section by turning labor itself into a sign of curse.
In context
5“If you have raced with men on foot 6Even your brothers— 7I have forsaken My house; 8My inheritance has become to Me 9Is not My inheritance to Me 10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; 11They have made it a desolation; 12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness 13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.