25 This is thy portion, and the part of thy measures from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in lies.

26 Therefore I have also discovered thy skirts upon thy face, [a]that thy shame may appear.

27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy [b]neighings, the filthiness of thy whoredom on the hills in [c]the fields, and thine abominations. [Woe] unto thee, O Jerusalem: wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:26 As thine iniquities have been manifest to all the world, so shall thy shame and punishment.
  2. Jeremiah 13:27 He compareth idolaters to horses inflamed after mares.
  3. Jeremiah 13:27 There is no place so high nor low, whereas the marks and signs of thine idolatry appear not.

25 This is your lot,
    the portion(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.(C)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen(D)
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!(E)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.(F)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”(G)

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