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Jeremiah 13:26
26I myself will strip you and expose you to shame.
Jeremiah 13:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
- New International Version (NIV)I will pull up your skirts over your face that your shame may be seen—
- English Standard Version (ESV)I myself will lift up your skirts over your face, and your shame will be seen.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I will uncover your skirts over your face, That your shame may appear.
Context of Jeremiah 13:26
24“I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the desert winds. 25This is your allotment, the portion I have assigned to you,” says the Lord, “for you have forgotten me, putting your trust in false gods. I myself will strip you and expose you to shame. 27I have seen your adultery and lust, and your disgusting idol worship out in the fields and on the hills. What sorrow awaits you, Jerusalem! How long before you are pure?”
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וְגַם־אֲנִ֛י חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ עַל־פָּנָ֑יִךְ וְנִרְאָ֖ה קְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:26
- Jeremiah 13:22You may ask yourself, “Why is all this happening to me?” It is because of your many sins! That is why you have been stripped and raped by invading armies.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly, so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag. All who once honored her now despise her, for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated. All she can do is groan and hide her face.
- Ezekiel 16:37this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
- Ezekiel 23:29They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
- Hosea 2:10I will strip her naked in public, while all her lovers look on. No one will be able to rescue her from my hands.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face - It was the custom to punish lewd women by stripping them naked, and exposing them to public view; or by throwing their clothes over their heads, as here intimated. Was this the way to correct the evil?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Therefore will I - literally, “And I also;” I also must have my turn, I too must retaliate. Compare Nahum 3:5.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. 26God let the Babylonians take all of Judah's treasures and capture its people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. discover ... upon thy face--rather, "throw up thy skirts over thy face," or head; done by way of ignominy to captive women and to prostitutes (Na 3:5). The Jews' punishment should answer to their crime. As their sin had been perpetrated in the most public places, so God would expose them to the contempt of other nations most openly (La 1:8).Read the comment
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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
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