Jeremiah 13:22

And 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21What 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

23Can the Cushi (Ethiopian) change his ohr (skin), 1 or the namer (leopard) his spots? 1 Then may ye also do tov, 1 that are accustomed to do rah. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:17If thou shalt say in thine lev, These Goyim are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

Deuteronomy 18:21And if thou say in thine lev, How shall we know the word which Hashem hath not spoken?

Isaiah 20:4So shall Melech Ashur (Assyria) lead away captive Mitzrayim and Golus-exiled Kush, ne'arim and zekenim, aron (naked) and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Mitzrayim.

Isaiah 47:8Therefore hear now this, O adinah (voluptuous, wanton one) 1 that dwellest lavetach (carelessly, in security), 1 that sayest in her lev: 1 I am, and none else besides me; 1 I shall not live as an almanah, 1 neither shall I know shechol (the loss of children, bereavement); 1

Jeremiah 2:19Thine own ra'ah shall correct thee, 1 and thy meshuvot (backslidings) shall reprove thee: 1 know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and mar (bitter), 1 that thou hast forsaken Hashem Eloheicha, 1 and that My pachad is not in thee, saith Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Jeremiah 9:2And they bend to the ready their leshon like their keshet (bow) for sheker; 1 but not for emunah have they prevailed in ha'aretz; 1 for they proceed from ra'ah to ra'ah, 1 and they know not Me, saith Hashem. 1

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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