Jeremiah 13:25
This is thy lot Thy measured portion from me, Declareth Yahweh; For that thou didst forget me, And confide in falsehood:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
24Therefore have I scattered them, As broken straw passing away, by the wind of the desert.
26Therefore, even I myself, have drawn away thy skirts, over thy face, And thy shame hath been seen,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:37Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock in whom they have trusted;
Psalms 9:17The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God.
Psalms 106:21They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:
Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said—We have solemnised a covenant with death, And with hades, have we effected a vision,—The overflowing scourge when it sweepeth by, shall not reach unto us, For we have made lying our refuge. And in falsehood, have we hid ourselves,
Jeremiah 2:13For two wicked things, have my people committed,—Me, have they forsaken a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves cisterns broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 7:4Do not, on your part trust in false words, saying,—The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh they are!
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 →