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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18 Say to the king and the queen mother,[a]
    “Come take a lowly seat,
because your beautiful crowns have fallen off your heads.”
19 The towns in the Negev[b] will be closed up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah will be taken into exile
    and be completely exiled.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:18 I.e. the king’s mother
  2. Jeremiah 13:19 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40