Jeremiah 13:27

Jeremiah 13:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
• New International Version (NIV)your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?”

Context of Jeremiah 13:27

25This is your lot, the portion measured for you from Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “For you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood. 26Therefore I will also uncover your skirts over your face, expose your shame. Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution— on the hills in the field I have seen your loathsome acts. Oy you, Jerusalem! You are unclean! How much longer?”

Jeremiah 13:27 word by word

נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ זִמַּ֣ת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ עַל־גְּבָעוֹת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ א֥וֹי לָךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לֹ֣א תִטְהֲרִ֔י אַחֲרֵ֥י מָתַ֖י עֹֽד׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• thine adulteriesנִאֻףni'ûph · adulteryH5004
• and thy neighingsמַצְהָלָהmatshâlâh · neighingH4684
• the lewdnessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
• of thy whoredomזְנוּתzenûth · fornicationH2184
• thine abominationsשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• on the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• in the fieldsשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• unto thee, O Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• wilt thou not be made cleanטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• onceאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• onceעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:27

• Jeremiah 2:20“Indeed, long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve!’ Instead, on every high hill and under every green tree you sprawled out as a prostitute.
• Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to be with another man, will he return to her again? Would not such a land be totally polluted? You are a prostitute with many lovers. Now are you returning to Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 5:7“Why therefore should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. Even though I fed them well, they committed adultery and thronged to the prostitute houses.
• Ezekiel 16:15“But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a harlot. You poured out your enticements on everyone who passed by—they were his.
• Ezekiel 23:2“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
• Hosea 1:2When Adonai first spoke with Hosea, Adonai said to Hosea: “Go, get yourself a prostitute as a wife and children with a prostitute! For the land is an unfaithful prostitute, far from following after Adonai.”
• Hosea 4:2Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I will mourn for many of those who have sinned before and not repented of the impurity and sexual immorality and indecency which they committed.
• James 4:4You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
• Jeremiah 3:2“Lift your eyes to the barren hills and see! Where have you not been violated? By the wayside you sat waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
• Isaiah 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain you made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
• Isaiah 65:7your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,” says Adonai, “because they burned incense on the mountains, and scorned Me on the hills. So I will measure into their laps full wages for their former deeds.”
• Ezekiel 6:13You will know that I am Adonai, when your slain lie among their idols surrounding their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offer sweet aroma to all their idols.
• Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand to give to them, they saw every high hill and every leafy tree. There they slaughtered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offering. There they made their soothing aroma and poured out their drink offerings.
• Jeremiah 4:13See, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles— “Oy ! We are ruined!”
• Ezekiel 2:10He spread it out before me. It was written on, front and back. Written on it were lamentations, dirges and woe.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27I have seen thine adulteries - Thy idolatries of different kinds, practiced in various ways; no doubt often accompanied with gross debauchery. Wo unto thee, O Jerusalem wilt thou not be made clean? - We see from this, that though the thing was difficult, yet it was not impossible, for these Ethiopians to change their skin, for these leopards to change their spots. It was only their obstinate refusal of the grace of God that rendered it impossible. Man…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And thine abominations - “Even thy abominations.” The prophet sums up the three charges against Judah, namely, spiritual adultery, inordinate eagerness after idolatry (see the note at Jeremiah 5:7 note), and shameless participation in pagan orgies. In the fields - “in the field,” the open, unenclosed country (see Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 12:4). Wilt thou not … once be? - “Or, how long yet ere thou be made clean!” These words explain the teaching of…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. 27Judah's idol worship involved ritual sex acts in the fields and on the hills. The Lord wanted his people to be spiritually and sexually pure in their relationship with him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. neighings--(Jr 5:8), image from the lust of horses; the lust after idols degrades to the level of the brute. hills--where, as being nearer heaven, sacrifices were thought most acceptable to the gods. wilt thou not ... ? when--literally, "thou wilt not be made clean after how long a time yet." (So Jr 13:23). Jeremiah denies the moral possibility of one so long hardened in sin becoming soon cleansed. But see Jr 32:17; Lu 18:27.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:27

• Idolatry
• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Appear
• Pity
• Principality
• Abomination
• Abomination of Desolation
• 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