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 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. Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.” 19The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All Judah has been taken into exile, Wholly taken into exile. 20“Raise your eyes and see Those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, Your beautiful sheep?

Jeremiah 13:18 word by word

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

• Sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and the queenגְּבִירָהgebîyrâh · queenH1377
• Takeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• lowlyשָׁפֵלshâphêl · to abaseH8213
• For your beautifulתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
• crownעֲטָרָה‛ăţârâh · crownH5850
• Has comeיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• from your headמְרַאֲשָׁוֹתmera'ăshâh · headH4763

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:18

• Jeremiah 22:26I will hurl you and your mother who gave birth to you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die.
• 2 Kings 24:12Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials. And the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign.
• Ezekiel 19:2and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She raised her cubs.
• Jonah 3:6When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the dust.
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12When he was in distress, he appeased the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
• Matthew 18:4So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
• James 4:10Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
• 1 Peter 5:6Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,
• Isaiah 3:26And her gates will lament and mourn, And she will sit deserted on the ground.
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
• Lamentations 2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have put on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground.

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