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Jeremiah 13:15-27
New King James Version
Jeremiah 13:15-27
New King James Version
Pride Precedes Captivity
15 Hear and give ear:
Do not be proud,
For the Lord has spoken.
16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes (B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are (C)looking for light,
He turns it into (D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.
17 But if you will not hear it,
My soul will (E)weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
18 Say to (F)the king and to the queen mother,
“Humble yourselves;
Sit down,
For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”
19 The cities of the South shall be shut up,
And no one shall open them;
Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it;
It shall be wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes and see
Those who come from the (G)north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
Your beautiful sheep?
21 What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not (H)pangs seize you,
Like a woman in [a]labor?
22 And if you say in your heart,
(I)“Why have these things come upon me?”
For the greatness of your iniquity
(J)Your skirts have been uncovered,
Your heels [b]made bare.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?
Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.
24 “Therefore I will (K)scatter them (L)like stubble
That passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
25 (M)This is your lot,
The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in (N)falsehood.
26 Therefore (O)I will uncover your skirts over your face,
That your shame may appear.
27 I have seen your adulteries
And your lustful (P)neighings,
The lewdness of your harlotry,
Your abominations (Q)on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
Will you still not be made clean?”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:21 childbirth
- Jeremiah 13:22 Lit. suffer violence
Jeremiah 13:15-27
New International Version
Jeremiah 13:15-27
New International Version
Threat of Captivity
15 Hear and pay attention,
do not be arrogant,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
16 Give glory(B) to the Lord your God
before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(C)
on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
but he will turn it to utter darkness
and change it to deep gloom.(D)
17 If you do not listen,(E)
I will weep in secret
because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
overflowing with tears,(F)
because the Lord’s flock(G) will be taken captive.(H)
18 Say to the king(I) and to the queen mother,(J)
“Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(K)
will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(L) will be carried into exile,
carried completely away.
20 Look up and see
those who are coming from the north.(M)
Where is the flock(N) that was entrusted to you,
the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
those you cultivated as your special allies?(O)
Will not pain grip you
like that of a woman in labor?(P)
22 And if you ask yourself,
“Why has this happened to me?”(Q)—
it is because of your many sins(R)
that your skirts have been torn off(S)
and your body mistreated.(T)
23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.(U)
24 “I will scatter you like chaff(V)
driven by the desert wind.(W)
25 This is your lot,
the portion(X) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(Y) me
and trusted in false gods.(Z)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
that your shame may be seen(AA)—
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
your shameless prostitution!(AB)
I have seen your detestable acts
on the hills and in the fields.(AC)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
How long will you be unclean?”(AD)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)
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