Jeremiah 13:25
This is what I have given to you, the portion I have decreed for you—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 because you have forgotten me and trusted in deceit. 1
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24So I will scatter them like chaff that perishes in the desert wind. 1
26So also I myself will strip your skirts off you, and your private parts will be seen. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:37Then he will say, “Where are their gods, 1 the rock in whom they took refuge?— 1
Psalms 9:17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, 1 all the nations that forget God. 1
Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, 1 who had done great deeds in Egypt. 1
Isaiah 28:15This will happen because you said, “We have made a covenant with death, 1 and with Sheol we have reached an agreement. So when the overwhelming whip passes through, it will not reach us. 1 For we have made a lie our refuge, and taken shelter in falsehood.” 1
Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils against me: They have abandoned the springs of living waters, 1 and they have dug out cisterns for themselves, 1 broken cisterns that cannot hold water. 1
Jeremiah 7:4Do not entrust yourself to deceitful words and say, “Temple of Yahweh! Temple of Yahweh! Temple of Yahweh!”
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 →