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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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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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.