Jeremiah 13:17

So 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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But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.

In Context

16Give 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

18“Say to the king and to the queen mother, 'Come down from your thrones, 1 for your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.' 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:11“It grieves me that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; he cried out to Yahweh all night.

Psalms 80:1Pay attention, Shepherd of Israel, 1 you who lead Joseph like a flock; 1 you who sit above the cherubim, shine on us! 1

Isaiah 63:11His people thought about the ancient times of Moses. 1 They said, “Where is God, who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? 1 Where is God, who put his Holy Spirit among them? 1

Jeremiah 13:19The cities in the Negev will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah will be taken captive, completely taken captive. 1

Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster. 1 You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence. 1

Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture—this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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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