Jeremiah 13:15-27 - ESV Online

JEREMIAH 13:15-27

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Exile Threatened

Hear and give ear; be not proud,

for the Lord has spoken. 16

Give glory to the Lord your God

before he brings darkness,

before your feet stumble

on the twilight mountains,

and while you look for light

he turns it into gloom

and makes it deep darkness. 17

But if you will not listen,

my soul will 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 the king and the queen mother:

“Take a lowly seat,

for your beautiful crown

has come down from your head.” 19

The cities of the Negeb are shut up,

with none to open them;

all Judah is taken into exile,

wholly taken into exile.
20

“Lift up your eyes and see

those who come from the north.

Where is the flock that was given you,

your beautiful flock? 21

What will you say when they set as head over you

those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you?

Will not pangs take hold of you

like those of a woman in labor? 22

And if you say in your heart,

‘Why have these things come upon me?’

it is for the greatness of your iniquity

that your skirts are lifted up

and you suffer violence. 23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin

or the leopard his spots?

Then also you can do good

who are accustomed to do evil. 24

I will scatter you like chaff

driven by the wind from the desert. 25

This is your lot,

the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord,

because you have forgotten me

and trusted in lies. 26

I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,

and your shame will be seen. 27

I have seen your abominations,

your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings,

on the hills in the field.

Woe to you, O Jerusalem!

How long will it be before you are made clean?”

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