Jeremiah 13:17

Jeremiah 13:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
• New International Version (NIV)If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if you will not hear it, 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.

Context of Jeremiah 13:17

15Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken. 16Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness. But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive. 18Say to the king and the queen mother: Take a humble seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads. 19The cities of the Negev are under siege; no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile, taken completely into exile.

Jeremiah 13:17 word by word

וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if ye will not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• it, my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• shall weepבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• in secret placesמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565
• forפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• prideגֵּוָהgêvâh · prideH1466
• and mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• shall weepדָּמַעdâma‛ · to weepH1830
• and run downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• with tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• because the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• flockעֵ֫דֶר‛êder · flockH5739
• is carried away captiveשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:17

• Jeremiah 22:5But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by myself — this is the Lord’s declaration — that this house will become a ruin.’”
• Malachi 2:2If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
• Jeremiah 9:1If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
• Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for my dearest people have been destroyed by a crushing blow, an extremely severe wound.
• Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being your shepherd, and I have not longed for the fatal day. You know my words were spoken in your presence.
• 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my instructions.” So Samuel became angry and cried out to the Lord all night.
• Psalms 119:136My eyes pour out streams of tears because people do not follow your instruction.
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, not one from all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:18The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. Wall of Daughter Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief and your eyes no rest.
• Luke 19:41As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it,
• Romans 9:2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
• Jeremiah 13:15Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken.
• Jeremiah 13:19The cities of the Negev are under siege; no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile, taken completely into exile.
• Psalms 80:1Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine
• Isaiah 63:11Then he remembered the days of the past, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among the flock?
• Ezekiel 34:31You are my flock, the human flock of my pasture, and I am your God. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17My soul shalt weep in secret places - If you will not hearken to the Lord, there is no remedy: destruction must come; and there is nothing left for me, but to go in secret, and mourn and bewail your wretched lot.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The Lord‘s flock - The people carried away captive with Jeconiah formed the Jewish Church, as we are expressly told, whereas Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem possessed only the externals of the Church and not its reality. It is for this reason that the seventy years‘ exile counts from Jeconiah‘s captivity.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 As the bottle was fitted to hold the wine, so the sins of the people made them vessels of wrath, fitted for the judgments of God; with which they should be filled till they caused each other's destruction. The prophet exhorts them to give glory to God, by confessing their sins, humbling themselves in repentance, and returning to his service. Otherwise they would be carried into other countries in all the darkness of idolatry and wickedness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Jeremiah learned that if the people did not recognize the Lord, they would be taken into exile. This idea made him very sad.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. hear it--my exhortation. in secret--as one mourning and humbling himself for their sin, not self-righteously condemning them (Php 3:18). pride--(see on Jr 13:15; Job 33:17). flock--(Jr 13:20), just as kings and leaders are called pastors.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:17

• Idolatry
• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Pride
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings