Jeremiah 13:21

What wilt thou say when He appoints over thy leaders 1 those whom thou thyself has taught, to be thy rosh? 1 Shall not chavalim (pangs) seize thee, 1 as a woman in travail? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

In Context

20Lift up your eyes, and behold 1 them that come from the tzafon (north). 1 Where is the eder (flock) that was given thee, 1 thy tzon tiferet? 1

22And if thou say in thine lev: 1 Why come these things upon me? 1 For the greatness of thine avon (iniquity) 1 are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels violated. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 16:7So Achaz sent malachim to Tiglat Pileser Melech Ashur (Assyria), saying, I am thy eved and thy ben (son, vassal); come up, and save me out of the hand of Melech Aram, and out of the hand of Melech Yisroel, which rise up against me.

Isaiah 13:8And they shall be afraid; 1 pangs and chavalim (pains) shall take hold of them; 1 they shall be in pain like a woman that travaileth in childbirth; 1 one shall be aghast at his re'a; 1 their faces shall be like flaming visages. 1

Isaiah 39:2And Chizkiyah was glad about them, and showed them the Bais Nekhotoh (Treasure House), the kesef, and the zahav, and the spices, and the shemen hatov, and all the Bais Keli of his, and all that was found in his otzerot; there was nothing in his Bais, nor in all his memshalet, that Chizkiyah did not show them.

Jeremiah 5:31The nevi'im prophesy falsely, 1 and the kohanim rule at their direction; 1 and My people love to have it this way; 1 but what will ye do in the end?

Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of the Levanon, 1 that makest thy ken (nest) in the arazim (cedars), 1 how shalt thou groan when chavalim (birth pangs) come upon thee, 1 the pain as of a woman in travail!

Jeremiah 38:22And, hinei, all the nashim that are left in the Bais Melech Yehudah shall be brought forth to the sarim of Melech Bavel, and those nashim shall say, 1 Thy close friends misled thee, 1 and have prevailed against thee: 1 thy feet are sunk in the mud, 1 and they desert thee.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:13-22

The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. ( b. c. 606.) 12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? 13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the… Read the whole commentary →

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