Jeremiah 13:15-21

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵ Listen and pay attention, do not be ^(A)haughty;
For the Lord has spoken.
^16 (B)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He brings ^(C)darkness
And before your ^(D)feet stumble
On the mountains in the dark,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into ^(E)gloom,
And turns it into thick darkness.
¹⁷ But ^(F)if you do not listen to it,
My soul will ^(G)weep in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will shed
And stream down tears,
Because the ^(H)flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
¹⁸ Say to the ^(I)king and the queen mother,
“^(J)Take a lowly seat,
For your beautiful ^(K)crown
Has come down from your head.”
¹⁹ The ^(L)cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All ^(M)Judah has been taken into exile,
Wholly taken into exile.