Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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?” New Living Translation I 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?” English Standard Version 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?” Berean Standard Bible Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” King James Bible 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 King James Version 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?” New American Standard Bible “As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The outrageous sin of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” NASB 1995 “As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” NASB 1977 “As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” Legacy Standard Bible As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your detestable things. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you not cleanse yourself?” Amplified Bible “I have seen your vile and detestable acts, Even your adulteries and your lustful neighings [after idols], And the lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the fields. Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean [by ignoring My precepts]?” Christian Standard Bible Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your depraved prostitution on the hills, in the fields — I have seen your abhorrent acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean — for how long yet? Holman Christian Standard Bible Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your heinous prostitution on the hills, in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean— for how long yet? American Standard Version I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be? Contemporary English Version So I'll rip off your clothes and leave you naked and ashamed for everyone to see. You are doomed! Will you ever be worthy to worship me again? English Revised Version I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be? GOD'S WORD® Translation I have seen you commit adultery and squeal with delight. I have seen you act like a shameless prostitute on the hills and in the fields. How horrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! Will you ever be clean?" Good News Translation He has seen you do the things he hates. He has seen you go after pagan gods on the hills and in the fields, like a man lusting after his neighbor's wife or like a stallion after a mare. People of Jerusalem, you are doomed! When will you ever be pure? International Standard Version I've seen your detestable behavior: your adulteries, your passionate neighing, your lewd immorality on the hills in the field. How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! You are unclean. How much longer will this go on?" Majority Standard Bible Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields?I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?? NET Bible People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship, your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods. I have seen your disgusting acts of worship on the hills throughout the countryside. You are doomed to destruction! How long will you continue to be unclean?'" New Heart English Bible I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem. You will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?'" Webster's Bible Translation I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighings, the enormity of thy lewdness, and thy abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to thee O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? World English Bible I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYour adulteries, and your neighings, "" The wickedness of your whoredom, on heights in a field, "" I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem, "" You are not [yet] made clean—after when [will you be] again?” Young's Literal Translation Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again? Smith's Literal Translation Thine adulteries and thy neighings, the purpose of thy harlotry upon the hills, in the field, I saw thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem thou wilt not be cleansed after me; how long yet? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighing, the wickedness of thy fornication: and thy abominations, upon the hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean after me: how long yet? Catholic Public Domain Version For I have seen your adulteries, and your neighing for the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations upon the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer before you will be made clean after me?” New American Bible Your adulteries, your neighings, your shameless prostitutions: On the hills, in the fields I see your detestable crimes. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are clean? New Revised Standard Version I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your shameless prostitutions on the hills of the countryside. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI have seen your adulteries and your lusts, the lewdness of your whoredom and your abominations on the hills in the wilderness. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! for you are unwilling to be cleansed. How long will it be till you repent? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And your adulteries and your whinnies and the fornication of your prostitution on the hills in the wilderness I have seen your abominations! Woe to you Jerusalem, for you shall not be purged! When will you return to God?” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, On the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be? Brenton Septuagint Translation thine adultery also, and thy neighing, and the looseness of thy fornication: on the hills and in the fields I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, for thou hast not been purified so as to follow me; how long yet shall it be? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Captivity Threatened…26So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. 27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” Cross References Hosea 4:12-14 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. Ezekiel 16:30-34 How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! / But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. / You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! ... Isaiah 1:21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! Hosea 2:5-7 For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’ Ezekiel 23:35-39 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’” / Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. / For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. ... Isaiah 57:3-8 “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ... Hosea 5:3-4 I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD. Ezekiel 16:15-22 But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. / You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred! / You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. ... Isaiah 3:16-17 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” Hosea 9:1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. Ezekiel 23:1-4 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, / and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. ... Isaiah 50:1 This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. Hosea 6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled. Ezekiel 23:45-49 But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands. / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder. / The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. ... Isaiah 65:2-3 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, Treasury of Scripture I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be? thine adulteries. Jeremiah 2:20-24 Jeremiah 3:1,2 Jeremiah 5:7,8 abominations. Jeremiah 2:20 Jeremiah 3:2,6 Isaiah 57:7 woe. Jeremiah 4:13 Ezekiel 2:10 Ezekiel 24:6 wilt. Jeremiah 4:14 Psalm 94:4,8 Ezekiel 24:13 when. Proverbs 1:22 Hosea 8:5 Jump to Previous Abominations Acts Adulteries Clean Cries Desire Detestable Disgusting Enormity False. Field Fields Fornication Harlotries Harlotry Hills Jerusalem Lewdness Neighing Once Prostitution Turning Unclean Ways Whoredom Wilt WoeJump to Next Abominations Acts Adulteries Clean Cries Desire Detestable Disgusting Enormity False. Field Fields Fornication Harlotries Harlotry Hills Jerusalem Lewdness Neighing Once Prostitution Turning Unclean Ways Whoredom Wilt WoeJeremiah 13 1. By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, 9. God prefigures the destruction of his people. 12. By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery. 15. He exhorts to prevent their future judgments. 22. He shows their abominations are the cause thereof. Your adulteries and lustful neighings This phrase metaphorically describes Israel's unfaithfulness to God, likening it to adultery. In the Old Testament, idolatry is often equated with spiritual adultery (Ezekiel 16:32). The "lustful neighings" evoke the image of a horse in heat, symbolizing uncontrolled desire and infidelity. This imagery reflects the Israelites' pursuit of foreign gods and alliances, betraying their covenant with Yahweh. your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields I have seen your detestable acts Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean? Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to the messages he delivered. 2. Jerusalem The capital city of Judah, often symbolic of the entire nation. In this context, it represents the spiritual state of the people, who have turned away from God. 3. Adulteries and Prostitution Metaphors for the spiritual unfaithfulness of the people of Judah. They have turned to idolatry and other practices that are detestable to God. 4. Hills and Fields Locations where idolatrous practices and pagan worship often took place. These high places were frequently used for worshiping false gods. 5. God's Judgment The event of God pronouncing judgment on Jerusalem for their persistent sin and refusal to repent. This is a central theme in Jeremiah's prophecies. Teaching Points Spiritual UnfaithfulnessJust as Judah was unfaithful to God through idolatry, we must examine our own lives for areas where we may be placing other things before God. The Consequences of Sin The passage highlights the serious consequences of persistent sin and rebellion against God. It serves as a warning to us to repent and turn back to God. God's Patience and Call to Repentance Despite the severity of the message, God's call to repentance is evident. He desires for His people to return to Him and be cleansed. The Danger of Idolatry Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can be anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must guard against modern forms of idolatry. The Need for Holiness The call to remain clean is a call to holiness. As believers, we are called to live lives that are set apart for God, reflecting His character in our actions. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 13(Jeremiah 13:22-27) How do these verses align with historical evidence of Babylon's conquest, and were there any archaeological findings to support the events described? (Jeremiah 17:27) How should the promise of 'unquenchable fire' in Jerusalem be reconciled with the city's repeated rebuildings and continued existence? If Isaiah 27:13 predicts a grand return of exiles, why are there no extra-biblical accounts confirming a major regathering at that specific time? Jeremiah 2:20 speaks of Israel's unfaithfulness as a breach of covenant; how do we reconcile this metaphorical language with the literal legal requirements of Mosaic Law?(27) Thine adulteries.--The words refer primarily to the spiritual adultery of the idolatries of Judah. The "neighings," as in Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 5:8, express the unbridled eagerness of animal passion transferred in this passage to the spiritual sin. The "abominations on the hills" are the orgiastic rites of the worship of the high places, which are further described as "in the field" to emphasise their publicity. Wilt thou not be made clean?--Better, thou wilt not be cleansed; after how long yet? Sad as the last words are, they in some measure soften the idea of irretrievable finality, "Will the time ever come, and if so, when?" Like the cry addressed to God, "How long, O Lord . . ." (Revelation 6:10), it implies a hope, though only just short of despair. Verse 27. - I have seen, etc. The Hebrew is again more forcible than the English. It runs, "Thine adulteries and thy neighings," etc. l (this is an exclamation as it were; then more reflectively)," I have seen thine abominations." Neighings; i.e. passionate craving for illegitimate objects of worship (comp. Jeremiah 2:24, 25; Jeremiah 5:8). In the fields. The Hebrew has the singular. The "field," as usual, means the open country. Wilt thou not, etc.? rather, How long ere thou be made clean? In Ver. 23 the prophet had vehemently declared his people to be incorrigible. But, like the tender Hoses, he cannot continue to hold such gloomy thoughts; surely Israel, God's people, must eventually be "made clean!" But this can only be as the result of judicial affliction, and these afflictions will be no slight or transient ones.
Hebrew Your adulteriesנִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ (ni·’u·p̄a·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5004: Adultery and lustful neighings, וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (ū·miṣ·hă·lō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 4684: A whinnying your shameless זִמַּ֣ת (zim·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness prostitution זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ (zə·nū·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 2184: Adultery, infidelity, idolatry on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the hills גְּבָעוֹת֙ (gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1389: A hillock [and] in the fields— בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (baś·śā·ḏeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land I have seen רָאִ֖יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7200: To see your detestable acts. שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ (šiq·qū·ṣā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8251: Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol Woe to you, א֥וֹי (’ō·w) Interjection Strong's 188: Lamentation, Oh! O Jerusalem! יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel How long אַחֲרֵ֥י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part will you remain תִטְהֲרִ֔י (ṯiṭ·hă·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure unclean?” לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Links Jeremiah 13:27 NIVJeremiah 13:27 NLT Jeremiah 13:27 ESV Jeremiah 13:27 NASB Jeremiah 13:27 KJV Jeremiah 13:27 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 13:27 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 13:27 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 13:27 French Bible Jeremiah 13:27 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen your abominations even your (Jer.) |
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