Jeremiah 13:25
This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from Me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten Me, and trusted in falsehood.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
24Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
26Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:37And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted;
Psalms 9:17(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 106:21They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood have we hid ourselves';
Jeremiah 2:13For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying: 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.'
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 →