Jeremiah 13:18

Jeremiah 13:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• New International Version (NIV)Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Say to the king and the queen mother: "Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”

Context of Jeremiah 13:18

16Give honour to the Lord your God, before it is too late. Do it before he makes everywhere become dark. Then you will fall down, like someone who walks on the mountains at night. You may hope for light to come, but God will make it completely dark. 17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land. Tell the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones. Your beautiful crowns will soon fall from your heads.” 19The cities in the south of Judah will keep their gates shut. Nobody will go in or out of the cities. Enemies will take the people of Judah away as prisoners. They will take them all into exile. 20Leaders of Jerusalem, look up! See the enemy that is coming from the north. What has happened to your people? You were proud of them and you should have taken care of them. You are like shepherds who have lost their sheep.

Jeremiah 13:18 word by word

אֱמֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ שֵׁ֑בוּ כִּ֤י יָרַד֙ מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and to the queenגְּבִירָהgebîyrâh · queenH1377
• Humbleשָׁפֵלshâphêl · to abaseH8213
• yourselves, sit downיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• for your principalitiesמְרַאֲשָׁוֹתmar'âshâh · headH4761
• shall come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• the crownעֲטָרָה‛ăţârâh · crownH5850
• of your gloryתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:18

• Jeremiah 22:26I will throw you and your mother out of Judah. I will send you both to a foreign land. You were not born in that land, but you will both die there.
• 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out of the city to put himself under King Nebuchadnezzar's authority. He went with his mother, his servants, his leaders and his palace officers. In the eighth year that King Nebuchadnezzar ruled as king, he made Jehoiachin his prisoner.
• Ezekiel 19:2Say this: “Your mother was like a great lion among the other lions. She lay among strong young lions. She helped her children to grow safely.
• Jonah 3:6The king of Nineveh heard about God's message. He got up from his throne and he removed his royal clothes. He dressed himself in sackcloth and he sat in ashes on the ground.
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They said to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Israelites says this: “You are still too proud to obey me. Let my people go so that they may worship me.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12This gave Manasseh a lot of pain. He asked the Lord his God to be kind to him. He made himself humble and he prayed for help to the Lord, the God of his ancestors.
• Matthew 18:4This little child does not think that he is very important. You must also think as he does. Whoever does this will be the most important person in the kingdom of heaven.
• James 4:10Be humble in front of the Lord God. Then he will lift you up to a good place.
• 1 Peter 5:6Remember that God is strong and powerful. So be humble in front of him. Then he will lift you up to a good place at the right time.
• Isaiah 3:26The city's gates will see all this and they will weep! The city will be empty. Zion will be like a poor woman who sits on the ground, completely alone.
• Isaiah 47:1‘Babylon, get down on the ground, and sit in the dirt! Come down off your throne, young lady! In the past, nobody has touched you, but people will no longer say that you are so pretty.
• Lamentations 2:10Zion's leaders sit on the ground and they are saying nothing. They have dressed themselves in sackcloth and they throw dirt on their own heads. They are showing everyone that they are very sad. The young women of Jerusalem can only look down to the ground, because they are very sad too.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Say unto the king and to the queen - Probably Jeconiah and his mother, under whose tutelage, being young when he began to reign, he was left, as is very likely. Sit down - Show that ye have humbled yourselves; for your state will be destroyed, and your glorious crown taken from your heads.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The queen - i. e., “the queen-mother:” the word signifies literally “the great lady.” The king‘s mother took precedence of his wives. Sit down - The usual position of slaves. For your principalities … - Rather, “for the ornaments of your heads, even the crown of your majesty, shall come down.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin. We cannot alter the natural colour of the skin; and so is it morally impossible to reclaim and reform these people. Sin is the blackness of the soul; it is the discolouring of it; we were shapen in it, so that we cannot get clear of it by any power of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19The king was likely Jehoiakim's son, Jehoiachin, who became king in 597 BC after his father's death. His mother was Nehushta (see 2 Kings 24:1–9). Jehoiachin was eighteen years old and ruled for only three months. This message was probably given during his brief reign. The Babylonians would soon take his crowns (see 2 Kings 24:11–16). They would also seize the treasures of the Temple and palace. The royalty and elite of Judah would be taken into exile…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. king--Jehoiachin or Jeconiah. queen--the queen mother who, as the king was not more than eighteen years old, held the chief power. Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, carried away captive with Jehoiachin by Nebuchadnezzar (2Ki 24:8-15). Humble yourselves--that is, Ye shall be humbled, or brought low (Jr 22:26; 28:2). your principalities--rather, "your head ornament."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:18

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Pity
• Principality
• Crown
• Hosea
• King's Mother
• Queen Mother
• Relationships, Family
• Queen

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