Jeremiah 13:18-19
Lexham English Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:18 Literally “Bring low sit”
- Jeremiah 13:18 Literally “the crown of your beauty”
- Jeremiah 13:18 Or “at the head of you”
- Jeremiah 13:19 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
Jeremiah 13:18-19
International Standard Version
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:18 I.e. the king’s mother
- Jeremiah 13:19 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
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