Jeremiah 13:16

Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, 1 and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. 1 For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. 1

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Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

In Context

15Listen and pay attention. Do not be arrogant, for Yahweh had spoken. 1

17So if you will not listen, I will weep alone because of your arrogance. 1 My eyes will certainly weep and flow with tears, for Yahweh's flock has been taken captive. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 7:19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, tell the truth before Yahweh, the God of Israel, and give your confession to him. Please tell me what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

Psalms 29:2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory his name deserves. 1 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness! 1

Psalms 96:7Ascribe to Yahweh, you clans of peoples, 1 ascribe praise to Yahweh for his glory and strength. 1

Ecclesiastes 11:8If someone lives many years, 2 let him be happy in all of them, 1 but let him think about the coming days of darkness, 2 for they will be many. 1 Everything to come is vanishing vapor. 1

Isaiah 5:30On that day they will roar against the prey as the sea roars. 1 If anyone looks over the land, he will see darkness and suffering; even the light will be made dark by the clouds.

Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness reach us. 1 We wait for light, but see darkness; we look for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 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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