Jeremiah 13:9

The Lord saith these things, So I shall make rotten the pride of Judah, and the much pride of Jerusalem,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

In Context

8And the word of the Lord was made to me, and said,

10and this worst people, that will not hear my words, and go in the shrewdness of their heart; and they went after alien gods, to serve them, and to worship them; and they shall be as this breech-girdle, which is not able to any use. (and this worst people, who will not listen to, or obey, my words, and who go in the depravity of their hearts; and they went after strange, or foreign, gods, to serve them, and to worship them; and they shall be like this breech-girdle, which now is good for nothing.)

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Cross References

Job 40:10take thou fairness about thee, and be thou raised on high, and be thou glorious, and be thou clothed in fair clothes. (take thou beauty about thee, and be thou raised up on high, and be thou glorious, and be thou clothed in beautiful clothes.)

Isaiah 2:10Enter thou, people of Judah, into a stone, be thou hid in a ditch in (the) earth, from the face of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty. (Enter thou, people of Judah, into a cave, be thou hid in a ditch in the ground, from the fear of the Lord, and the glory of his majesty.)

Isaiah 16:6We have heard the pride of Moab, he is full proud; his pride, and his boast, and his indignation is more than his strength.

Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and perceive with ears, (or Hear ye, and listen); do not ye be raised [up], for the Lord spake.

Jeremiah 25:18to Jerusalem, and to all the cities of Judah, and to the kings thereof, and to the princes thereof; that I should give them into wilderness, and into wondering, and into hissing, and into cursing, as this day is, (or yea, to make them into wilderness, and into wondering, and into hissing, and into cursing, as it is this day);

Lamentations 5:5We were driven by our heads, and rest was not given to faint men. (The yoke is upon our necks, and rest is not given to the weary.)

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:2-12

The Marred Girdle. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord , and put it on my loins. 3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And it came to pass after… Read the whole commentary →

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