Jeremiah 13:16

Jeremiah 13:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
• New International Version (NIV)Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.

Context of Jeremiah 13:16

14Then I will smash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together,” declares the Lord. “I will not have compassion nor be troubled nor take pity so as to keep from destroying them.”’” 15Listen and pay attention, do not be haughty; For the Lord has spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the mountains in the dark, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into gloom, And turns it into thick darkness. 17But if you do not listen to it, My soul will weep in secret for such pride; And my eyes will shed And stream down tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive. 18Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 13:16 word by word

תְּנוּ֩ לַיהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֤ם כָּבוֹד֙ בְּטֶ֣רֶם יַחְשִׁ֔ךְ וּבְטֶ֛רֶם יִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּ רַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם עַל־הָ֣רֵי נָ֑שֶׁף וְקִוִּיתֶ֤ם לְאוֹר֙ וְשָׂמָ֣הּ לְצַלְמָ֔וֶת וְשִׁ֖ית לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• Beforeטֶ֫רֶםţerem · beforeH2962
• He bringsחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
• feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• stumbleנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• On the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• in the darkנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• And while you are hopingקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• for lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• He makesשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• gloomצַלְמָ֫וֶתtsalmâveth · shadowH6757
• turnsשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• into thickעֲרָפֶל‛ărâphel · cloudH6205

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:16

• Joshua 7:19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”
• 1 Samuel 6:5So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that are ruining the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand from you, your gods, and your land.
• Psalms 96:7Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a formless and desolate emptiness; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
• Ecclesiastes 11:8Indeed, if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
• Isaiah 5:30And it will roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds.
• Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.
• Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness does not reach us; We hope for light, but there is darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
• Amos 8:9And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God, “That I will make the sun go down at noon, And make the earth dark in broad daylight.
• John 12:35So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
• Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.
• 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this they were also appointed.
• 1 John 2:10The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling.
• Jeremiah 8:15We waited for peace, but no good came; For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
• Jeremiah 14:19Have You completely rejected Judah? Or have You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We waited for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Give glory to - God - Confess your sins and turn to him, that these sore evils may be averted. While ye look for light - While ye expect prosperity, he turned it into the shadow of death - sent you adversity of the most distressing and ruinous kind. Stumble upon the dark mountains - Before you meet with those great obstacles, which, having no light - no proper understanding in the matter, ye shall be utterly unable to surmount.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The dark mountains - Rather, “the mountains of twilight.” Judah is not walking upon the safe highway, but upon dangerous mountains: and the dusk is closing round her. While then the light still serves let her return unto her God. And, while ye look … - Translate, “and ye wait for light, and He turn it (the light) into the shadow of death, yea change it into clouded darkness.”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. 15-16Jeremiah urged the people to listen and not be proud, but to change their attitude. If they refused to recognize the Lord as the one true God of Israel, a terrible darkness would come over the nation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Give glory, &c.--Show by repentance and obedience to God, that you revere His majesty. So Joshua exhorted Achan to "give glory to God" by confessing his crime, thereby showing he revered the All-knowing God. stumble--image from travellers stumbling into a fatal abyss when overtaken by nightfall (Is 5:30; 59:9, 10; Am 8:9). dark mountains--literally, "mountains of twilight" or "gloom," which cast such a gloomy shadow that the traveller stumbles against…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:16

• Darkness
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Repentance
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Shadow of Death
• Appear
• Glory
• Pity
• Principality
• Gross
• Hosea
• Moon

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