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

15Hear and give ear! Do not be haughty! For Adonai has spoken. 16Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness. But if you will not listen, my soul will sob in secret before such pride, and my eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for Adonai’s flock will be taken captive. 18Say to the king and the queen mother: “Sit down low, for your glorious crown has fallen from your head.” 19The towns of the South will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah is taken into exile— utterly swept 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 will not obey these words, I swear by Myself,’ declares Adonai, ‘that this palace will become a ruin.’”
• Malachi 2:2If you will not listen, and if you will not take to heart to give glory to My Name” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot— “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, indeed I have cursed them, because you did not take it to heart.
• Jeremiah 9:1If only I had a travelers’ lodging place in the wilderness, then I might leave my people and get away from them! For they are all adulterers, a bunch of traitors.
• Jeremiah 14:17You will say this word to them: “Let my eyes overflow with tears. Night and day, may they never stop. For the virgin daughter of my people is crushed with a great blow, with a sorely infected wound.”
• Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day. What came out of my lips You know—it was before You.
• 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands.” So Samuel was troubled and cried out to Adonai all night long.
• Psalms 119:136Streams of water run down from my eyes, because they do not observe Your Torah.
• Lamentations 1:2Bitterly she weeps in the night, her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her. They have become her enemies!
• Lamentations 2:18Their heart cried out to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.
• Luke 19:41As He drew near and saw Jerusalem, He wept over her,
• Romans 9:2that my sorrow is great and the anguish in my heart unending.
• Jeremiah 13:15Hear and give ear! Do not be haughty! For Adonai has spoken.
• Jeremiah 13:19The towns of the South will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah is taken into exile— utterly swept into exile.
• Psalms 80:1For the music director, on “Lilies,” a testimony: a psalm of Asaph.
• Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses: “Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put among them His Ruach ha-Kodesh?
• Ezekiel 34:31“So you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are human, and I am your God.” It is a declaration of Adonai Elohim.

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

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Pity
• Principality
• Hosea

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