Jeremiah 13:27
I watched your acts of adultery and lust, how you prostituted yourselves shamelessly, worshiping idols on the hills and in the fields. Yes, I saw the disgusting things you did. Disaster is coming to you, Jerusalem! How long are you going to remain unclean?
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26I will pull your skirts up over your face, so you will be seen naked and ashamed.
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Take another look, you stupid people! Fools—when will you ever get the point?
Isaiah 57:7You have committed adultery by idol worship on every high mountain; you went there to offer pagan sacrifices.
Jeremiah 2:20You broke off your yoke and ripped off your chains long ago. “I won't worship you!” you declared. On the contrary, you lay down like a prostitute on every high hill and under every green tree.
Jeremiah 3:6During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord told me, Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has prostituted herself on every high hill and under every green tree.
Jeremiah 4:14Clean the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you can be saved. How long will you hold onto your evil thoughts?
Jeremiah 5:8They're like virile stallions wanting sex, each of them neighing with lust after his neighbor's wife.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:23-27
Punishment Predicted; Causes of Jerusalem's Ruin. ( b. c. 606.) 22 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. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord ;… Read the whole commentary →