18 Say to the king and the queen mother:(A)
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.
19 The cities of the Negev are under siege;
no one can help them.
All of Judah has been taken into exile,
taken completely into exile.

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A Message for the King and the Queen Mother

18 “Say to the king and to the queen mother, ‘Take a lower seat,[a]
    for your beautiful crown[b] has come down from your head.’[c]
19 The towns of the Negev are shut up,
    and there is no one who opens them.[d]
All of Judah is deported;
    it is deported in completeness.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 13:18 Literally “Bring low sit”
  2. Jeremiah 13:18 Literally “the crown of your beauty”
  3. Jeremiah 13:18 Or “at the head of you”
  4. Jeremiah 13:19 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation