Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 13:18-27

18SayH559 to the kingH4428 and to the queen motherH1377: “Take a lowlyH8213 seatH3427, forH3588 your gloriousH8597 crownsH5850 have fallenH3381 from your headsH4761.”

19The citiesH5892 of the NegevH5045 have been shut tightH5462,and no oneH369 can open themH6605.AllH3605 JudahH3063 has been carried into exileH1540,whollyH7965 taken captiveH1540.20Lift upH5375 your eyesH5869 and seeH7200those comingH935 from the northH6828.WhereH346 is the flockH5739 entrustedH5414 to you,the sheepH6629 that were your prideH8597?

21WhatH4100 will you sayH559 whenH3588 He setsH6485 over youH5921closeH441 alliesH7218 whom youH859 yourself trainedH3925 ?Will notH3808 pangs of anguishH2256 grip youH270,asH3644 they do a womanH802 in laborH3205?22And ifH3588 you askH559 yourselfH3824,“WhyH4069 has thisH428 happened to meH7122?”It is because of the magnitudeH7230 of your iniquityH5771that your skirtsH7757 have been stripped offH1540and your bodyH6119 has been exposedH2554.123Can the EthiopianH3569 2 changeH2015 his skinH5785,or the leopardH5246 his spotsH2272?NeitherH1571 are youH859 ableH3201 to do goodH3190—you who are accustomedH3928 to doing evilH7489.

24“I will scatter youH6327 like chaffH7179drivenH5674 by the desertH4057 windH7307.25ThisH2088 is your lotH1486,the portionH4521 I haveH854 measured to youH4055,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068,“becauseH834 you have forgotten MeH7911 and trustedH982 in falsehoodH8267.26SoH1571 IH589 will pull your skirtsH7757 upH2834 overH5921 your faceH6440,that your shameH7036 may be seenH7200.27Your adulteriesH5004 and lustful neighingsH4684,your shamelessH2154 prostitutionH2184onH5921 the hillsH1389 and in the fieldsH7704—I have seenH7200 your detestable actsH8251.WoeH188 to you, O JerusalemH3389!How longH310 H4970 H5750 will you remainH2891 uncleanH3808?”

Notes

1. Jeremiah 13:22 Literally and your heels have suffered violence ↩
2. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew that Cushite; that is, probably a person from the upper Nile region ↩