Jeremiah 13:13-27 ▼

13 And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says YHWH: Behold, I am going to fill all those dwelling in this land, and the kings sitting for David on his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

14 And I will dash them—a man against his brother, and the fathers and the sons together, a declaration of YHWH. I will not spare, and I will not have pity, and I will not have compassion to keep from destroying them.’”

15 Listen and give ear! Do not be proud, for YHWH has spoken.

16 Give glory to YHWH your? God before He brings darkness, and before your? feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you? are looking for light, and He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it thick darkness.

17 But if you? will not listen, then in secret My soul will weep from the face of your pride, and will weep bitterly, and My eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of YHWH has been taken captive.

18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves, sit down! For from your? heads have fallen the crown of your? splendor!”

19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and there is no one opening them; Judah has been removed, all of her—she has been removed completely!

20 Lift up your? eyes, and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock He gave to you, your beautiful flock?

21 What will you say when He sets over you—and you had taught them to be allies with you—to be head? Will not pangs seize you like a woman in labor?

22 And if you should say in your heart, “Why have these things happened to me?—It is by the abundance of your iniquity that your skirts have been uncovered and your heels have suffered violence.

23 Can the Cushite change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Are you? also able do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

24 “And I will scatter them like chaff that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from Me,” a declaration of YHWH, “Because you have forgotten Me and have trusted in falsehood!

26 Therefore I will strip away your skirts over your face, that your shame may be seen—

27 I have seen your adulteries and your neighings, the wickedness of your prostitution! Your abominations upon the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! After how long will you not be made clean?”