Parallel Verses New Living Translation You 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. King James Bible And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. Darby Bible Translation And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels have suffered violence. World English Bible If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence. Young's Literal Translation And when thou dost say in thy heart, 'Wherefore have these met me?' For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence. Jeremiah 13:22 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible13:22 Thy skirts - Probably these phrases are fetched from the usual practice of soldiers when they have conquered a place and taken prisoners, to strip them. By skirts is meant the lower part of their bodies covered with the lower part of their garments. Jeremiah 13:22 Parallel Commentaries Library Meditations on the Hindrances which Keep Back a Sinner from the Practice of Piety. Those hindrances are chiefly seven:-- I. An ignorant mistaking of the true meaning of certain places of the holy Scriptures, and some other chief grounds of Christian religion. The Scriptures mistaken are these: 1. Ezek. xxxiii. 14, 16, "At what time soever a sinner repenteth him of his sin, I will blot out all," &c. Hence the carnal Christian gathers, that he may repent when he will. It is true, whensoever a sinner does repent, God will forgive; but the text saith not, that a sinner may repent whensoever … Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety Repentance Jeremiah Cross References Deuteronomy 7:17 Perhaps you will think to yourselves, 'How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?' Isaiah 47:2 Take heavy millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, and strip off your robe. Expose yourself to public view. Jeremiah 2:17 And you have brought this upon yourselves by rebelling against the LORD your God, even though he was leading you on the way! Jeremiah 5:19 "And when your people ask, 'Why did the LORD our God do all this to us?' you must reply, 'You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.' Jeremiah 9:2 Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers' shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers--a pack of treacherous liars. Jeremiah 14:16 As for the people to whom they prophesy--their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters--all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them. Jeremiah 16:10 "When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, 'Why has the LORD decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the LORD our God?' Jump to Previous Abundance Bare Befallen Body Discovered Greatness Heart Heels Iniquity Lifted Met Mistreated Overtakes Punishment Removed Sins Skirts Suffer Suffered Torn Uncovered Violence Violent WhereforeJump to Next Abundance Bare Befallen Body Discovered Greatness Heart Heels Iniquity Lifted Met Mistreated Overtakes Punishment Removed Sins Skirts Suffer Suffered Torn Uncovered Violence Violent WhereforeLinks Jeremiah 13:22 NIVJeremiah 13:22 NLT Jeremiah 13:22 ESV Jeremiah 13:22 NASB Jeremiah 13:22 KJV Jeremiah 13:22 Bible Apps Jeremiah 13:22 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 13:22 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 13:22 French Bible Jeremiah 13:22 German Bible Jeremiah 13:22 Commentaries Bible Hub |